Inmate’s Habeas Petition Based On McGirt Filed Too Late, Judge Says

Mealey's (February 8, 2023, 8:13 AM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Neither an inmate’s claims of innocence nor the change in criminal jurisdiction in Oklahoma brought about by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma can save the inmate’s untimely bid for habeas relief, which was filed 25 years into a 30-year prison sentence, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled in granting dismissal....