Oklahoma § 22-1088.1 Post-conviction relief applications - Reasonable

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 22-1088.1 — Post-conviction relief applications - Reasonable

Oklahoma § 22-1088.1

Title 22Criminal Procedure

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Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1088.1 (2026).

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A.By presenting to the court, whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating, a pleading, written motion or other papers regarding an application for post-conviction relief an attorney or unrepresented party is certifying that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances: 1. It is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation; 2. The claims and other legal contentions therein are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law; and 3. The allegations and other factual contentions have e

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inquiry - Sanctions. A. By presenting to the court, whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating, a pleading, written motion or other papers regarding an application for post-conviction relief an attorney or unrepresented party is certifying that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances: 1. It is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation; 2. The claims and other legal contentions therein are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law; and 3. The allegations and other factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, are likely to have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery. B. If, after notice and a reasonable opportunity to respond, the Court of Criminal Appeals determines that this section has been violated, the court may impose an appropriate sanction upon the attorneys, law firms, or parties that have violated this section. The Court of Criminal Appeals may adopt and publish rules to implement this section.