Vicki Ruth Werneke

On October 20, 2022, Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke served as counsel of record and filed an original habeas petition and execution-stay application for Benjamin Cole in the U.S. Supreme Court; the Court denied both requests that day.

October 20, 2022For

Source: supremecourt.gov · researched July 13, 2026

On January 7, 2019, while Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke was counsel of record for Danny Hill, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Sixth Circuit's habeas ruling because it had relied on precedent issued after the relevant state-court decision.

January 7, 2019For

Source: supremecourt.gov · researched July 13, 2026

On February 2, 2018, Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke argued Danny Hill's federal habeas appeal in the Sixth Circuit; the court granted relief on his intellectual-disability claim while rejecting other claims.

February 2, 2018For

Source: opn.ca6.uscourts.gov · researched July 13, 2026

On December 7, 2005, Vicki Ruth Werneke, then chief of capital post-conviction at the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, represented Darrin Pickens on appeal; the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals found Pickens intellectually disabled, vacated his death sentence, and modified it to life without parole.

December 7, 2005For

Source: okcca.net · researched July 13, 2026

On June 14, 2005, Vicki Ruth Adams Werneke served as Oklahoma Indigent Defense System counsel for Curtis McCarty in a post-conviction case challenging suppressed and compromised forensic evidence; the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed McCarty's murder conviction, vacated his death sentence, and remanded for a new trial.

June 14, 2005For

Source: okcca.net · researched July 13, 2026