Smith v. Crow

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA DEZMEN DAESHON SMITH, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 19-CV-0187-GKF-CDL ) SCOTT CROW,1 ) ) Respondent. ) OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Dezmen Daeshon Smith, an Oklahoma prisoner appearing through counsel, is serving a life sentence following his conviction, in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2015-866, of first-degree murder. Smith petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims he is in state custody under a constitutionally-flawed judgment because trial errors and prosecutorial…