Griffith v. Whitten

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA TIMOTHY RAY GRIFFITH, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. CIV-19-00449-PRW ) RICK WHITTEN, Warden, ) ) Respondent. ) ORDER In 2005, a jury convicted Timothy Ray Griffith of two counts of attempted first- degree rape and eight counts of sexual abuse of a child.1 All crimes were alleged to have occurred “ON OR ABOUT 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1998, THROUGH THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2001, A.D.”2 In accordance with the jury’s recommendation, the state-court judge sentenced Griffith to 34 years of imprisonment.3 Proceeding pro se,…