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Description: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false declaration of ownership to a pawnbroker in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2), which provides:

A. Rule Making Power. The Administrator shall have the same authority to adopt, amend and repeal rules as is conferred upon him by paragraph (e) of subsection (1), and subsections (2) and (3) of Section 6-104 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, as applicable, and such rules shall have the same effect as provided in subsection (4) of Section 6-104 thereunder. In addition, the Administrator may adopt, amend and repeal such other rules as are necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of Section 1501 et seq. of this title and consistent with all its provisions.

B. Administrative Enforcement. Compliance with the provisions of this act may be enforced by the Administrator who may exercise, for such purpose, all the powers enumerated in Part 1 of Article 6, Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in the same manner as in relation to consumer credit transactions under that act, as well as those powers conferred in this act.

C. Criminal Penalties. 1. Any person who engages in the business of operating a pawn shop without first securing the license prescribed by this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not in excess of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), by confinement in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or by both.

2. Any person selling or pledging property to a pawnbroker who uses false or altered identification or a false declaration of ownership as related to the provisions of Section 1515 of this title shall, if the value of the property is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not to exceed five (5) years or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine. If the value of the property received is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. However, if the property is one or more firearms, or was acquired by means of robbery or burglary, the person shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not to exceed five (5) years or in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine, without regard to the value of the property.

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Outcome: 10-24-2022

SIDERIAS FOR HAMMOND; COMES ON FOR PLEA AND SENTENCING. DEFT APPEARS IN PERSON W/ COUNSEL JUSTIN LOWE. STATE BY ADA ALVARADO. DEFT ENTERS A NEGOTIATED PLEA OF GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED AS FOLLOWS: CT1: (5) YEARS S/S. C/C WITH CF-20-3580. DOC SUPERVISION. DEFT IS ORDERED TO PAY $50 FINES, $50 VCA, $50 DA FEE $120 IN RESTITUTION AND COURT COSTS. ALL COSTS DUE INSTANTER. COURT REPORTER WAIVED. ANY BOND NOT IN FORFEITURE, EXONERATED.

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