Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 701.8
Second Degree Murder
Effective Jan 1, 2026Laws 1976, 1st Extr. Sess., c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. July 24, 1976; Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 5, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).
Homicide, a Class A1 felony offense, is murder in the second degree in the following cases:
- 1. When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual; or
- 2. When perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of any felony other than the unlawful acts set out in Section 1, subsection B, of this act.
Laws 1976, 1st Extr. Sess., c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. July 24, 1976; Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 5, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).