2017 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-175. Punishment of accessories.

Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by law, an accessory to a felony is punishable as follows:

1. If the underlying offense is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for four (4) years or more, the person guilty of being an accessory shall be subject to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding one-half (1/2) of the longest term prescribed upon a conviction for the underlying offense;

2. If the underlying offense is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for any time less than four (4) years, the person guilty of being an accessory shall be subject to imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one (1) year;

3. If the underlying offense be punishable by a fine only, the person guilty of being an accessory shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one-half (1/2) of the largest amount of money which may be imposed as a fine upon a conviction of the underlying offense;

4. If the underlying offense be punishable by both imprisonment and a fine, the offender convicted of being an accessory shall be subject to both imprisonment and fine, not exceeding one-half (1/2) of the longest term of imprisonment and one-half (1/2) of the largest fine which may be imposed upon a conviction of the underlying offense; and

5. If the underlying offense be murder in the first degree, the accessory thereto shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than forty-five (45) years. If the underlying offense be murder in the second degree, the accessory thereto shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years.

R.L.1910, § 2107. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 154, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 74, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 275, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 154 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.