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2025 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories
§57-13. Escape when committed for capital offenses a felony.

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57 OK Stat § 13 (2025)
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If any person committed to prison, for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for a capital offense, shall break prison and escape, he shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

R.L. 1910, § 4616. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 502, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 367, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 721, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 502 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

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