Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery on a medical technician or care provider in violation of 21 O.S. 650.4, which provides:

A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of a medical care provider who is performing medical care duties, upon conviction, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding two (2) years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. As used in this section, "medical care provider" means doctors, residents, interns, nurses, nurses' aides, ambulance attendants and operators, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers, pharmacists, nursing students, medical students, members of a hospital security force, and any other employees working in or for a health care facility or independent contractors in one of the listed categories.

Outcome: . DEFENDANT PREVIOUSLY SWORN IN OPEN COURT. DEFENDANT PREVIOUSLY ENTERED A PLEA OF GUILTY, WAIVED RIGHTS TO JURY AND NON-JURY TRIAL. THE COURT SENTENCES THE DEFENDANT AS FOLLOWS:

COUNT 1: COURT WITHHOLDS A FINDING OF GUILTY AND DEFERS FOR TWO (2) YEARS UNTIL 10/26/26 AT 9:00AM IN RM 401. DEFENDANT ASSESSED A $500.00 COURT FUND ASSESSMENT, $250.00 VICTIM COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, PLUS COSTS.

DEFENDANT TO BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, PROBATION AND PAROLE. DEFENDANT TO COMPLETE A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION AND FOLLOW ALL RECOMMENDATIONS.

DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS, RULE 8 ISSUED, ORDER OF DEFERRED SENTENCE ISSUED, BOND EXONERATED.

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