Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-27-119
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Jury trials - Qualifications of jurors
Official statutory text
In all prosecutions in the municipal court for any offense for
which the municipality, with the concurrence of the court, seeks
imposition of a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
excluding court costs, or imprisonment, or both such fine and
imprisonment, a jury trial shall be had unless waived by the
defendant and the municipality, provided that the municipality has
compiled its penal ordinances in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 14-109 and 14-110 of this title. If the municipality has
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 248
not compiled its ordinances as provided by law, the fine shall not
exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In prosecutions for all other
offenses, or in cases wherein a jury trial is waived by the
defendant and the municipality, trial shall be to the court. A jury
in the municipal court shall consist of six (6) jurors, five of whom
may return a verdict. Jurors shall be good and lawful men or women,
citizens of the county in which the court sits, having the
qualifications of jurors in the district court.
which the municipality, with the concurrence of the court, seeks
imposition of a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
excluding court costs, or imprisonment, or both such fine and
imprisonment, a jury trial shall be had unless waived by the
defendant and the municipality, provided that the municipality has
compiled its penal ordinances in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 14-109 and 14-110 of this title. If the municipality has
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 248
not compiled its ordinances as provided by law, the fine shall not
exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In prosecutions for all other
offenses, or in cases wherein a jury trial is waived by the
defendant and the municipality, trial shall be to the court. A jury
in the municipal court shall consist of six (6) jurors, five of whom
may return a verdict. Jurors shall be good and lawful men or women,
citizens of the county in which the court sits, having the
qualifications of jurors in the district court.
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