Legal Opinion
FLOWERS v. STATE
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 20, 2016No. PC-2016-293PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REVERSING DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR DNA TESTING AND REMANDING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS
¶ 1 Petitioner has appealed to this Court from a March 24, 2016, order of the District Court of Comanche County, denying his application for post-conviction relief requesting DNA testing in Case No. CRF-1993-241. In that case, Petitioner was tried by a jury, convicted and sentenced. Petitioner filed a direct appeal of his conviction, which was affirmed by this Court. See Flowers v. State, No. F-1994-1320 (May 1, 1996) (Not For Publication).
¶ 2 The Postconviction DNA Act went into effect on November 1, 2013.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- STATE v. IVENCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2014
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2013
- NEWLUN v. STATECourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2015
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- WITHEROW v. STATECourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2017
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