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Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma
Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. F-2018-294 · judgment August 29, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
This case involves an allegation of sexual assault against a minor complaining witness. There was no confession. There was no physical evidence of sexual assault. The State’s evidence consisted of the allegations by the minor complaining witness. The State bolstered and vouched for her testimony through testimony by the examining physician, a social worker, a forensic examiner, her own mother, and the prosecutor during closing arguments. The question presented is: Does Due Process prohibit a State from presenting multiple witnesses and the prosecutor from vouching for the credibility of a minor complaining witness?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
James L. Hankins
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Feb 24 2020Petition DENIED.
- Jan 15 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
- Nov 26 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)