Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 455
Preventing Witness from Giving Testimony
Effective Jul 1, 1999R.L. 1910, § 2230; Amended by Laws 1977, SB 67, c. 158, § 1, eff. October 1, 1977; Amended by Laws 1981, HB 1006, c. 92, § 1, eff. October 1, 1981; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1761, c. 296, § 29, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 19, c. 182, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 199 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 111, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).
- A. Every person who willfully prevents any person from giving testimony who has been duly summoned or subpoenaed or endorsed on the criminal information or juvenile petition as a witness, or who makes a report of abuse or neglect pursuant to Sections 7103 and 7104 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 10-104 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or who is a witness to any reported crime, or threatens or procures physical or mental harm through force or fear with the intent to prevent any witness from appearing in court to give his testimony, or to alter his testimony is, upon conviction, guilty of a felony punishable by not less than one (1) year nor more than (10) years in the State Penitentiary.
- B. Every person who threatens physical harm through force or fear or causes or procures physical harm to be done to any person or harasses any person or causes a person to be harassed because of testimony given by such person in any civil or criminal trial or proceeding, or who makes a report of abuse or neglect pursuant to Sections 7103 and 7104 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 10-104 of Title 43Aof the Oklahoma Statutes, is, upon conviction, guilty of a felony punishable by not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years in the State Penitentiary.
R.L. 1910, § 2230; Amended by Laws 1977, SB 67, c. 158, § 1, eff. October 1, 1977; Amended by Laws 1981, HB 1006, c. 92, § 1, eff. October 1, 1981; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1761, c. 296, § 29, eff. September 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 19, c. 182, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 199 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 111, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).