Court Opinion

ID: 9633696
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 11:57:08.444424+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:55:50.026094
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PARKS, Presiding Judge,
specially concurring:
On the direct appeal of this case, petitioner asserted that he was deprived of a fair trial due to the denial of his request for change of venue. Hale v. State, 750 P.2d 130 (Okl.Cr.1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 878, 109 S.Ct. 195, 102 L.Ed.2d 164 (1988). The majority affirmed his convictions on that appeal. However, I filed a dissenting opinion expressing my view that Hale was deprived of his fundamental right to be tried by an “impartial jury” due to the denial of his request for change of venue. 750 P.2d at 143-46 (Parks, J., dissenting). I continue to adhere to this view aware *271though that relitigation of this issue is barred by the principle of res judicata.