Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1360: Postconviction proceedings - Representation

A. The System shall represent indigents in proceedings for

postconviction relief in all capital cases.

B. In noncapital cases, the System shall not be appointed to

represent indigents in proceedings for postconviction relief;

provided, however, the System may represent indigents in

postconviction proceedings if the representation is related to

another pending case in which the System has been appointed, or the

proceeding is necessary to obtain an appeal out of time on behalf of

a System client in a case to which the System has been properly

appointed.

C. No attorney employed by the System or providing legal

services for the System pursuant to contract shall be required to

appear in the district courts of this state on issues of appellate

counsel appointment and requests for exhibits, records and

transcripts.

D. After a mandate has been issued by the Oklahoma Court of

Criminal Appeals in any case on direct appeal, the System is

prohibited from appealing that case in any further proceedings in

either a state or federal court, except in capital cases and in

cases provided for in subsection B of this section. In capital

cases, the System shall perfect all petitions for writ of certiorari

to the United States Supreme Court and represent such appellants or

appellees, as the case may be, in any appearance before that Court.