Bland v. State

*1040 ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE OF COURT TO CONDUCT PRE-FIL-ING FACTUAL DISCOVERY WITH SUBPOENA POWER FOR DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY

¶ 1 On October 15,1999, Petitioner, by and through counsel Bryan Lester Dupler, Capital Post Conviction Division, Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, filed a Motion for Leave of Court to Conduct Pre-Filing Factual Discovery with Subpoena Power for Documents and Testimony. In support of this motion, Petitioner argues this Court should “reconsider its blanket prohibition on pre-filing discovery in capital post-conviction cases.” Petitioner asserts that “[sjuch discovery…