JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2021

We often discuss criminal and civil cases that take a turn for the bizarre. An Oklahoma case is such a standout after Tulsa police cited a curious identification element in the arrest of Sharon Carr: “Cheeto dust” found in her teeth. A woman had fled a home after a burglary but left a bottle of water and an open bag of Cheetos.

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JUNE 30, 2022

The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans in Indian Country, countering a previous 2020 decision recognizing nearly half of the state as a reservation, reports the Wall Street Journal. That authority belongs to the federal government and, typically for more minor offenses, tribal courts.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Criminal law We are now in the home stretch. Justin Sneed murdered Barry Van Treese, owner of an Oklahoma City motel, in one of the guest rooms. Oklahoma (resulting from Glossip’s fourth and fifth applications to that court for post-conviction relief), Glossip now seeks relief from the Supreme Court.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. ” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Aguilar was arrested for DUI in Oklahoma and reportedly told police, repeatedly, that it is all right because she “does this all the time.” The ban of the existence of defense lawyers are clients who use arrests to make incriminating statements but few get to the level of Perla Aguilar, 27. She was arrested around 4:30 a.m.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Justice Clarence Thomas asked whether CFR courts, if federal rather than tribal, were ultimately Article I courts, potentially raising the issue of their authority to enforce criminal law (but perhaps not raising a double jeopardy issue).

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Oklahoma cases as a single case — that I have to be extremely summary. Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

The justices could still take up those cases later, but their failure to do so on Friday means that even if they do, they are unlikely to hear oral arguments until the 2022-23 term.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The case highlights the problem with criminalized negligence standards, particularly in these weapon confusion cases. The question is whether justice is truly served by applying criminal laws to acts of negligence by officers in these cases. There is a tendency to treat criminal law as the only way to address fatal tragedies.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

District Judge Patrick Wyrick in Oklahoma City dismissed an indictment against Jared Michael Harrison for violating a federal law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users or addicts of controlled substances” to possess firearms. Under 18 U.S.C. §

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

Her commitment to textualism, judicial restraint, and deference to Congresss intent shapes her approach to statutory cases, where she generally resists expansive interpretations and favors narrow readings of the law as written. This reflects a more moderate concern for the balance between law enforcement and individual rights.

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