Opinion ID: 858160
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Evidence of other crimes/wrongs/bad acts

Text: Mr. Hernandez’s fifth argument asserts that he was denied a fair trial by the trial court’s admission of other crimes, wrongs, and bad acts, in the form of testimony by A.H. and R.H. that Mr. Hernandez beat or spanked them, that he hurt their mother and that he gave both girls tattoos. The OCCA rejected this argument, explaining in detail why it found no “plain error” in connection with the admission of evidence as to each item. The district court rejected Mr. Hernandez’s challenge to the OCCA’s decision, stating: -11- To the extent the OCCA determined that admission of the challenged evidence was not plain error, “Oklahoma’s plain-error test is rooted in due process.” In this regard, there is “no practical distinction between [Oklahoma’s application] of plain error . . . and the federal due-process test, which requires reversal when error ‘so infused the trial with unfairness as to deny due process of law[.]’” “Because the OCCA applied the same test we apply to determine whether there has been a due-process violation, we must defer to its ruling unless it ‘unreasonably appli[ed]’ that test.” On habeas review, then, this court must determine whether the OCCA reasonably applied Supreme Court precedent when it declined to find plain error. Petitioner has cited no Supreme Court authority in support of his claim and has failed to establish that the OCCA unreasonably applied Supreme Court decisions when it determined, through a plain error analysis, that there had been no due process violation. Id. (citations omitted). 1 We cannot improve or add anything significant to the district court’s decision on this issue, and Mr. Hernandez provides no argument contravening the district court’s analysis.