NOVEMBER 2025 | 41 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL Statements or opinions expressed in the Oklahoma Bar Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Oklahoma Bar Association, its officers, Board of Governors, Board of Editors or staff. 32. Jones v. State, 1983 OK CR 31, 660 P.2d 634. 33. Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320, 325 (1985). 34. 22 Okla. Stat. §22-701. 35. In Griffin v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court held that under the Fifth and 14th amendments, a prosecutor at trial could not comment on an accused’s silence. See also Lime v. State, 1971 OK CR 9, 479 P.2d 608. 36. “Brady v. Maryland – The Path to Truth and Fairness,” Jack Fisher, OBJ (March 2016) (“The best example of a bad example occurred in two severed Oklahoma County death penalty trials ... [when] Bob Macy’s assistant knowingly suborned perjury by bolstering the ‘lynchpin’ witness’ testimony that he requested no ‘help’ with his drug case, then lauded his honesty and bravery during closing argument knowing the witness requested and the prosecutor agreed to provide assistance with his criminal cases.”). 37. Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637, 648-49 (1974) (quoting Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78, 88 (1935)). 38. Donnelly v. DeChristoforo, 416 U.S. 637, 643 (1974). 39. Darden v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 168, 181-182 (1986); Tafolla v. State, 2019 OK CR 15, 446 P.3d 1248, 1260. 40. Andrew v. State, 2007 OK CR 23, 164 P. 3d 176 (2007). 41. Brenda Evers Andrew v. Tamika White, Warden, 604 U.S. _ (Jan. 21, 2025). 42. Henderson v. State, 1963 OK CR 68, 695 P.2d 879, 883; see also Cobbs v. State, 1969 OK CR 188, 629 P.2d 368. 43. Brewer v. State, 1982 OK CR 128, ¶8, 650 P.2d 54, 58 (commenting on the possibility that a defendant may commit future crimes is highly improper). 44. McWilliams v. State, 1987 OK CR 203, 743 P.2d 666, 669. 45. Ezell v. State, 1995 OK CR 71, 909 P.2d 68 (1995). 46. Smith v. State, 1987 OK CR 235, 744 P.2d 1282 (1987). 47. Id. 48. Shelley L. Levisay and David T. McKenzie, “Ineffective Assistance of Counsel with the Modern Court and Tips for Effective Trial Advocacy,” OBJ (December 2024). 49. 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984). 50. Id., at 687. 51. Id., at 694. 52. Todd A. Berger, “A Trial Attorney’s Dilemma: How Storytelling as a Trial Strategy Can Impact a Criminal Defendant’s Successful Appellate Review,” Drexel Law Rev. (Spring 2011, p. 297). 53. Stephen Oates, With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln, 45 (Harper Perennial, 1994). 54. Richard Reeves, President Kennedy: Profile of Power, 41 (Simon & Schuster, 1994). 55. See Sunwolf, “Toxic Words Poison,” The Champion (August 2001, p. 28). 56. W. Ross Foote, “Things That Bug Juries,” OBJ (September 1996). 57. Melanie Ruhgani, “Keep It Simple, Stupid,” OBJ (February 2015). 58. Roger Dodd and Larry Pozner, CrossExamination: Science and Techniques (3rd ed., 2018). 59. Gary Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America, 27-28 (1992). 60. Barry Scheck’s theme in his closing argument in People v. Orenthal James Simpson (1995). 61. Michael Pollak, “The Origins of that Famous Carnegie Hall Joke,” The New York Times, Nov. 27, 2009, available at https://bit.ly/476SATn. 62. See generally, Cheatham v. State, 1995 OK CR 32, 900 P.2d 414.
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