Bryan Lester Dupler
Bryan Lester Dupler
Curriculum Vita
Curriculum Vita
Background
Background
- Born, Oklahoma City, OK; graduate of Temple High School and native of Temple, Cotton County, Oklahoma.
Education
Education
- Cameron University, B.A. History and Political Science, 1989
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1991
Legal employment
Legal employment
- 2005-present, Judicial Assistant to Hon. David B. Lewis, Presiding Judge, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
- 1996-2005, Counsel and Deputy Division Chief, Capital Post-Conviction Div., Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
- 1993-1996, Partner, Echols and Dupler, Attorneys
- 1991-1996, Staff Attorney, Capital Trial Division, Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
Teaching
Teaching
- 2009-Present, University of Oklahoma, College of Professional and Continuing Studies
- American judicial process (online course design and instruction)
- Capital punishment (online course design and instruction)
- The Supreme Court and modern criminal justice (online course design, pending)
- Faculty adviser, senior study in depth papers
- 2007-2008, University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Sociology
- Capital punishment in the USA
- 2002-2006, University of Oklahoma, College of Law Dept. of Legal Assistant Education
- Evidence
- Legal research and writing
- 1996, Tulsa Community College
- Criminal law and procedure
- 1994, University of Tulsa, College of Law
- Appellate advocacy
Publications
Publications
- Sentencing in Oklahoma (4th Edition, 2019-2020), a practical reference for attorneys and judges.
- "Jury sentencing in Oklahoma," 87 Okla. Bar J. 497 (March 12, 2016)
- "Nos peritos et fatum," 87 Okla. Bar J. 568 (March 12, 2016)
- "Resist changes to judge selection process," Criminal Defense Weekly 2.15.2016
- The +OSCN hypertext citation project
- “Sweeping down the plain: A modern rule for direct review in Oklahoma criminal appeals,” Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Vol. 15, Issue 2 (2015).
- “Ballad of the hearsay rule,” 84 Okla. Bar. J. 892 (March 16, 2013).
- “Patterns of judicial relief: A study of published opinions from 2006 to 2009,” 35 Okla. City. U. L. Rev. 387 (Summer 2010).
- “‘His works do follow him:’ Judge Henry Furman and the dawn of Oklahoma criminal law,” 80 Okla. Bar. J. 1823 (October 10, 2009).
- “Capital cases involving mental retardation,” 93 Am Jur Trials 1 (West, 2004).
- “The uncommon law: insanity, executions, and Oklahoma criminal procedure,” 55 Okla. L. Rev. 1 (Spring 2002).
- “Another look at evolving standards: will decency prevail against executing the mentally retarded?” 52 Okla. L. Rev. 593 (Winter 1999).
- “The inglorious revolution: Walker v. State and capital post-conviction procedure,” 68 Okla. Bar. J. 2624 (July 26, 1997).
- John Echols and Bryan Dupler, “Presumably permanently competent: constitutional challenges in post-examination competency hearings,” 64 Okla. B. J. 2787 (September 25, 1993).
Cases of interest at court
Cases of interest at court
- Barnett v. State, 2011 OK CR 28 (second degree felony murder doctrine)
- Taylor v. State, 2011 OK CR 8 (Confrontation Clause and hearsay)
- Grissom v. State, 2011 OK CR 3 (capital murder)
Cases of interest as counsel
Cases of interest as counsel
- Salazar v. State, 2005 OK CR 24 (vacating sentence of death)
- Rivera v. District Court, 1993 OK 63 ( defendant’s right to compulsory process)
- Richie v. Beasley, 1992 OK CR 52 (discovery order violated 5th Amendment)