Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Pybas v. the Honorable Jeff Crites

September 30, 20252025 OK 63

Summary

The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition, holding that a district court lacks authority to appoint the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System to represent an indigent defendant seeking resentencing under the Survivors' Act for noncapital offenses, because the statutory scheme expressly prohibits such post‑conviction representation.