Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals | 2026
Decisions ACOSTA v. STATE2026 OK CR 9Case Number: PC-2024-942Decided: 02/24/2026Mandate Issued: 02/24/2026 ORDER AFFIRMING DENIAL OFPOST-CONVICTION RELIEF ¶1 Petitioner, through counsel, appeals the order of the District Court of Oklahoma County denying his application for post-conviction relief in Case No. CF-2019-1712. In November 2021, a jury convicted Petitioner of Robbery with a Firearm and Aggravated…
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Decisions NAPOLEON v. STATE2025 OK CR 25Case Number: F-2024-123Decided: 12/18/2025Mandate Issued: 12/18/2025 ¶1 Appellant Patrick Marquise Napoleon appeals his Judgment and Sentence from the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2017-2208, for Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 652(C). The Honorable William D. LaFortune, District Judge, presided over Napoleon’s…
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Decisions JIMENEZ v. STATE2024 OK CR 33Case Number: C-2023-951Decided: 12/05/2024 SUMMARY OPINION DENYING CERTIORARI HUDSON, JUDGE: ¶1 On January 9, 2023, Petitioner, Luis Jimenez, entered a semi-blind plea of no contest in the District Court of Texas County, Case No. CF-2022-12, to Count 6: First Degree Rape, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 1114.1 The Honorable Jon…
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Decisions WASHINGTON v. STATE2023 OK CR 22Case Number: F-2021-692Decided: 12/21/2023 ¶1 Appellant, Dominic Washington, appeals his Judgment and Sentence from the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2019-4504, for Count 1, Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 701.7; and Count 3, Shooting with Intent to Kill in violation of 21 O.S.2011, §…
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Decisions PURDOM v. STATE2022 OK CR 31Case Number: F-2019-854Decided: 12/22/2022 ¶1 Appellant was convicted at a jury trial of Counts 1, 3 and 4: Assault and Battery With a Deadly Weapon, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 652; Count 2: Kidnapping, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 741; Count 5: Sodomy By Force or Fear, in violation of 21…
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Decisions OLIVER v. STATE2022 OK CR 15Case Number: F-2021-482Decided: 08/11/2022 ¶1 Appellant, Nicholaus Mark Oliver, was tried by jury and convicted in the District Court of Canadian County, Case No. CF-2018-698, of Domestic Abuse by Strangulation, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 644(J). The jury returned a guilty verdict with a sentence of two years imprisonment and…
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Decisions BUSBY v. STATE 2022 OK CR 4, S-2021-18Decided 02/17/2022 ¶1 The State of Oklahoma brings this appeal from an adverse ruling by a preliminary hearing magistrate in Cleveland County District Court case number CF-2020-849. 1 The preliminary hearing magistrate, Honorable Lori A. Puckett, Special Judge, entered an order sustaining Appellee’s demurrer to the evidence…
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Decisions BRYANT v. STATE 2022 OK CR 5, RE-2019-885Decided 02/10/2022 ¶1 On April 30, 2010, Appellant, Eddie Labron Bryant, pled guilty as a Youthful Offender to one count of Robbery with a Firearm in Oklahoma County Case No. CF-2010-0001. Appellant received a Youthful Offender sentence of eight (8) years in the custody and under the…
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Decisions GILLIOMS v. STATE2022 OK CR 3, F-2020-469 ¶1 Appellant Martaveous Dwayne Gillioms was tried by jury and convicted of Second Degree Felony Murder, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies (Count I) ( 21 O.S.2011, § 701.8 (2)) and Gang Association While in the Commission of a Gang Related Offense (Count II) (…
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DECISIONS WADKINS v. STATE2022 OK CR 1Case Number: F-2018-790Decided: 01/20/2022ROBERT ERIC WADKINS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee ¶1 This Court handed down an Opinion in the above-styled case on October 28, 2021. The opinion addressed Wadkins’s meritorious claim that the State of Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction over the charged crimes because he is an Indian…
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