Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether Mr. Smith's first degree murder convictions and sentence of death are unreliable and in violation of his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial because false testimony was used to corroborate Mr. Smith's confession?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the defendant's due process rights were violated by the admission of false testimony that corroborated his confession in a capital murder trial
Docket Entries
2024-04-04
Application (23A878) referred to the Court.
2024-04-04
Application (23A878) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this application and this petition.
2024-04-03
Application (23A878) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. (Justice Gorsuch is recused).
2024-04-03
Response to application from respondent Oklahoma filed.
Attorneys
Michael Smith
Mark Henricksen — Henricksen & Henricksen, Petitioner
Quick, Warden
Aspen Jordan Layman — Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, Respondent