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The Curious Case of Oklahoma Search and Seizure
Because Oklahoma has two constitutional masters, it simultaneously has two different doctrines of search and seizure.
So You Passed a State Constitutional Amendment Protecting Abortion. Now What?
Voter approval of an amendment is often just one step in lengthy legal and political wrangling over state abortion rights.
State v. Hinman
Ruled that retroactive application of amended Sexual or Violent Offender Registration Act violated prohibition against ex post facto punishment because law is “punitive in nature”
State Constitutional Protections for Transgender People After Skrmetti
A review of recent litigation in state courts provides hints about the future of trans rights.
Burroughs v. State
Ruled that the constitutional right to bail permits the attachment of unaffordable financial conditions to a dangerous defendant's pretrial release
State v. Teulilo
Upheld "community caretaking exception" to warrant requirment despite recent federal Fourth Amendment decisions
Robertson v. Commonwealth
Ruled that Marsy's Law allowed victims to be present in the courtroom prior to their testimony and there is no right to separation of witnesses
State v. Avoletta
Ruled that law extending the time for filing claims for poor air quality in schools was a private benefit violating the public emoluments clause
People v. Regan
Held that four-year delay in filing an indictment violated defendant’s due process right to prompt prosecution
Valley Health System v. Murray
Ruled that the constitution allows both the governor and chief justice to designate substitutes for disqualified justices on the supreme court
