Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree burglary in violation of 21 O.S. 1431, which provides:

Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent to commit some crime therein, either:

1. By forcibly bursting or breaking the wall, or an outer door, window, or shutter of a window of such house or the lock or bolts of such door, or the fastening of such window or shutter; or

2. By breaking in any other manner, being armed with a dangerous weapon or being assisted or aided by one or more confederates then actually present; or

3. By unlocking an outer door by means of false keys or by picking the lock thereof, or by lifting a latch or opening a window, is guilty of burglary in the first degree.

Outcome: DEFENDANT SWORN IN OPEN COURT. DEFENDANT WAIVES RIGHT TO PRELIMINARY HEARING, JURY TRIAL, AND NON JURY TRIAL. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY. COURT ACCEPTS PLEA AND SENTENCES DEFENDANT TO:

COUNT 1) COURT WITHHOLDS A FINDING OF GUILT AND DEFERS FOR 3 YEARS UNTIL 10-29-27 @ 9:30 AM IN ROOM 413. DEFENDANT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. DEFENDANT TO PAY $500.00 COURT FUND ASSESSMENT, $250.00 VICTIM'S COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, COST. DEFENDANT TO FOLLOW ALL RULES OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

DEFENDANT TO COMPLETE ANGER MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT AND RECS. DEFENDANT TO PAY RESTITUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1100 PER SCHEDULE.

DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS. DEFENDANT ASSESSED COURT COSTS. RULE 8 HEARING HELD. RULE 8 ISSUED. JUDGEMENT AND SENTENCE ISSUED.

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