No. 22-7749

Alen Dean O'Bryant v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2023-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct recusal trial-judge
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did former Judge Henderson 's secret extramarital affair with a prosecutor in the
same county in which he presided as judge create an "unconstitutional potential for
bias sufficient to warrant disclosure of the relationship and/or his recusal as
Petitioner 's trial judge, even though that prosecutor did not participate in
Petitioner 's trial?

2. Did the State of Oklahoma deny Petitioner core Due Process and a meaningful
hearing under the Fourteenth Amendment when both state courts failed to
acknowledge or consider important evidence contained in affidavits?

3. Did the State of Oklahoma deny Petitioner core Due Process and a meaningful
hearing in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment when the OCCA mislabeled
Petitioner 's recusal claim, and then decided the wrong claim?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did former Judge Henderson's secret extramarital affair create an unconstitutional potential for bias?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-07-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-05-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 10, 2023)

Attorneys

Alen D. O'Bryant
Alen Dean O'Bryant — Petitioner