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Date: 04-05-2024
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Case Number: CF-2022-374
Judge: Khristan K. Strubhar
Court: In the District Court in and for Canadian County, Oklahoma.
Plaintiff's Attorney: Canadian County District Attorney's Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: El Reno, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant charged with uttering forged instrument in violation of 21 O.S. 1592(A)(2), which provides:
A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, utters or publishes as true any forged, altered or counterfeited instrument or any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forging, altering or counterfeiting of which has previously been declared to be punishable, knowing such instrument or coin to be forged, altered or counterfeited, is punishable as follows:
1. If the value of the instrument is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;
2. If the value of the instrument is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more but less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed two (2) years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine;
3. If the value of the instrument is Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or more but less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), the person shall be guilty of forgery as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed five (5) years, or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine; and
4. If the value of the instrument is Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or more, the person shall be guilty of forgery as a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed eight (8) years, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
B. For purposes of this section, a series of offenses may be aggregated into one offense when they are the result of the formulation of a plan or scheme or the setting up of a mechanism which, when put into operation, results in the taking or diversion of money or property on a recurring basis. When all acts result from a continuing course of conduct, they may be aggregated into one crime. Acts forming an integral part of the first taking which facilitate subsequent takings, or acts taken in preparation of several takings which facilitate subsequent takings, are relevant to determine the intent of the party to commit a continuing crime.
Outcome: CRT MIN. THE STATE WAS REPRESENTED BY WALTER MENGDEN. THE DEFT APPEARED IN PERSON WITH ATTY ZAC RAMSEY. A COMPLETED PLEA OF NO CONTEST SUMMARY OF FACTS FORM WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COURT. DEFT WAS SWORN AND TESTIMONY RECEIVED. DEFT WAS ADVISED OF HER RIGHTS AND ENTERED A PLEA OF NO CONTEST. PURSUANT TO A PLEA AGREEMENT, THE STATE AGREED TO ALLOW DEFT TO PARTICIPATE IN OUT OF CUSTODY RID AND TRANSFER SUPERVISION TO OKLAHOMA COUNTY. THERE IS NO AGREEMENT AS TO SENTENCING AT THIS TIME. THE COURT APPROVED THE ORDER TO CONDUCT OFFENDER ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN FOR THE DELAYED SENTENCING PROGRAM. SENTENCING IS SET 1/31/2024 AT 1:30PM BEFORE JUDGE HALLEY. DICTATED BY JUDGE STRUBHAR
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