Title 21 Flashcards
Crimes are divided into:
- Felonies;
2. Misdemeanors.
A felony is a crime which is, or may be, punishable with
death, or by imprisonment in the
penitentiary. Every other crime is a misdemeanor.
Punishment of misdemeanor.
Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by this chapter or by some
existing provisions of law, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor is punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Punishment of felonies.
Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by this title, or by some existing
provision of law, every offense declared to be a felony is punishable by a fine not exceeding
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not
exceeding two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment
The terms “neglect,” “negligence,” “negligent” and “negligently,” when so employed,
import a want of such attention to the nature or probable consequences of the act or omission as a prudent man ordinarily bestows in acting in his own concerns.
Obstructing officer.
Any person who willfully delays or obstructs any public officer in the discharge or attempt to
discharge any duty of his or her office, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section
shall preclude a person from recording the activity of law enforcement in a public area, as long
as the recording activity does not delay or obstruct the law enforcement agent in his or her
duties.
Any operator of a motor vehicle who has received a visual and audible signal, a red light and a siren from a peace officer driving a motor vehicle showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, highway patrol or state game ranger vehicle directing the operator to bring the vehicle to a stop and who willfully increases the speed or extinguishes the lights of the vehicle in an attempt to elude such peace officer, or willfully attempts in any other manner to elude the peace officer, or who does elude such peace officer, is guilty of a
misdemeanor
A peace officer may set up one or more roadblocks to apprehend any person riding upon or
within a motor vehicle traveling upon a highway, street, turnpike, or area accessible to
motoring public, when the officer has probable cause to believe such person is committing
or has committed:
- A violation of Section 540A of this title;
- Escape from the lawful custody of any peace officer;
- A felony under the laws of this state or the laws of any other jurisdiction.
A roadblock is defined as a
barricade, sign, standing motor vehicle, or similar obstacle
temporarily placed upon or adjacent to a public street, highway, turnpike or area
accessible to the motoring public, with one or more peace officers in attendance
thereof directing each operator of approaching motor vehicles to stop or proceed.
Any person who willfully attempts to avoid such roadblock or in any manner
willfully fails to stop at such roadblock or who willfully passes by or through such
roadblock without receiving permission from a peace officer
is guilty of a felony
An assault is any willful and unlawful attempt or offer with force or violence
to do a corporal hurt to another.
battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence
upon the person of another.
Any person who commits any assault and battery against a current or former
intimate partner or a family or household member as defined by Section 60.1 of
Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be guilty
of domestic abuse. Upon
conviction, the defendant shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Any person convicted of domestic abuse committed against a pregnant woman
with knowledge of the pregnancy shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor
Upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense of Domestic Violence, the charge will be a
felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for not more than four (4) years, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Any person convicted of domestic abuse that results in great bodily injury to the victim shall be guilty of a
felony
Domestic assault and battery with a deadly weapon
Any person who, without such cause, shoots an intimate partner or a family or household member by means of any deadly weapon that is likely to produce death shall be a felony.
Any person convicted of domestic abuse that was committed in the presence of a child shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor
Any person convicted a second time for domestic abuse that was committed in the presence of a child shall be guilty of a
felony
An assault and battery becomes aggravated when committed under any of the following circumstances:
- When great bodily injury is inflicted upon the person assaulted; or
- When committed by a person of robust health or strength upon one who is aged, decrepit, or incapacitated,
Every person in the custody of the state, a county or city or a contractor of the state, a county
or a city who throws, transfers or in any manner places feces, urine, semen, saliva or blood
upon the person of an employee of the state, a county or a city or an employee of a contractor
of the state, a county or a city shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a
felony.
Any person who, with intent to kill, administers or causes or procures to be administered to
another any poison which is actually taken by such other person but by which death is not
caused shall be guilty of
felony.
Homicide is the
killing of one human being by another
Homicide is either
- Murder;
- Manslaughter;
- Excusable homicide; or,
- Justifiable homicide.
A person commits murder in the first degree
when that person unlawfully and with malice aforethought causes the death of another human being. Malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a human being, which is
manifested by external circumstances capable of proof.
person also commits the crime of murder in the first degree, regardless of
malice, when that person or any other person takes the life of a human being
during, or if the death of a human being results from,
the commission or attempted commission of murder of another person, shooting or discharge of a firearm or
crossbow with intent to kill, intentional discharge of a firearm or other deadly weapon into any dwelling or building as provided in Section 1289.17A of this title,
forcible rape, robbery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, escape from lawful custody, eluding an officer, first degree burglary, first degree arson, unlawful distributing or dispensing of controlled dangerous substances or synthetic controlled substances, trafficking in illegal drugs, or manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance.
Homicide is murder in the second degree in the following cases:
- When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another person and
evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any
premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual; or - When perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of any felony other than
the unlawful acts