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Date: 04-04-2024
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Case Number: CF-2018-208
Judge: Tom Newby
Court: District Court, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Plaintiff's Attorney: Garfield County District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney: Benjamin J. Barker
Description: Enid, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fourth-degree arson in violaiton of 21 O.S. 1404, which provides:
A. Any person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to or burn or attempts by use of any explosive device or substance to destroy in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or attempts to counsel or procure the burning or destruction of any building or property mentioned in Sections 1401, 1402 or 1403 of this title shall be guilty of arson in the fourth degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be confined in the State Penitentiary for not more than ten (10) years or both.
B. The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or combustible material or substance or any device in any building or property mentioned in Sections 1401, 1402 or 1403 of this title, in an arrangement or preparation with intent to eventually willfully and maliciously set fire to or burn or to procure the setting fire to or burning of same, shall for the purposes of this section constitute an attempt to burn such building or property, and shall be guilty of arson in the fourth degree, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or be confined in the State Penitentiary for not more than ten (10) years, or both.
C. Arson in the fourth degree is a felony.
Outcome: TOM NEWBY , JUDGE: CASE DISPOSED. CONVICTION.STATE/HILL,BLANTON; DEFT IN CUSTODY WITH HOLLINGSWORTH; DEFT STIPULATED TO APPLICATION; SENTENCE: 1ST 6 MONTHS FOR GCJ TO BE SERVED W/CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED; DEFERRED WILL BE A SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR 5 YEARS; CC/WCF-19-160; RIGHT TO APPEAL GIVEN. JAIL COSTS WAIVED EXCEPT FOR $32 MEDICAL. COST OF APPLICATION.
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