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Date: 11-18-2021
Case Style:
Case Number: CF-2018-918
Judge: CF Docket C
Court: In the District Court in and for Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Plaintiff's Attorney: Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:
ASSAULT & BATTERY UPON A DETENTION OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 649B, which provide:
A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any assault upon the person of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel, or state peace officer employed or duly appointed by any state governmental agency to enforce state laws while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause knowingly commits battery or assault and battery upon the person of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel, or other state peace officer employed or duly appointed by any state governmental agency to enforce state laws while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of not more than five (5) years or county jail for a period not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. As used in this section and in Section 650 of this title, "corrections personnel" means any person, employed or duly appointed by the state or by a political subdivision, who has direct contact with inmates of a jail or state correctional facility, and includes but is not limited to, Department of Corrections personnel in job classifications requiring direct contact with inmates, persons providing vocational-technical training to inmates, education personnel who have direct contact with inmates because of education programs for inmates, and persons employed or duly appointed by county or municipal jails to supervise inmates or to provide medical treatment or meals to inmates of jails.
D. For the purposes of this section, assault and battery upon law officers includes any attempt to reach for or gain control of the firearm of any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrol, corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws.
E. For purposes of this section, if an officer is off duty and the nature of the assault or assault and battery relates back to, or in any manner or circumstances has to do with, his or her official position as a law enforcement officer then it shall fall within the meaning of "in the performance of his or her duties" as an officer.
F. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts, but shall be cumulative thereto
Outcome: 03-29-2018
JUDGE LUDI LEITCH: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY, AND REPRESENTED BY DALINDA JEFFERS. STATE REPRESENTED BY RAY PENNY. COURT REPORTER: WAIVED. DEFENDANT WAIVES PRELIMINARY HEARING, DEFENDANT SWORN IN OPEN COURT. PARTIES WAIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY. DEFENDANT WAIVES RIGHT TO JURY/NON JURY TRIAL. COURT ACCEPTS PLEA AND WITHTHOLDS FINDING OF GUILT.
DEFENDANT IS TO BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
COURT WITHHOLDS FINDING OF GUILT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR UNTIL DEFERRED REVIEW DATE OF 03-25-2019 AT 9:00 AM. DEFENDANT ASSESSED $600.00 COURT FUND AND $150.00 VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND PLUS COST.
DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS. RULE 8 ISSUED. J & S ISSUED. BOND EXONERATED. RELEASE ISSUED.
DEFERRED REVIEW SET ON 03-25-2019 AT 9AM IN ROOM 413 BEFORE JUDGE GREENOUGH.
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