Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1040.18
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Trial - Evidence
Official statutory text
(a) The court shall conduct the trial in accordance with the
rules of civil procedure applicable to the trial of cases by the
court without a jury.
(b) The court shall receive evidence at the trial, including the
testimony of experts, pertaining, but not limited, to:
(1) whether, to the average person, applying contemporary
community standards, the dominant theme of the mailable matter taken
as a whole is to prurient interest;
(2) the artistic, literary, scientific and educational merits of
the mailable matter considered as a whole;
(3) the intent of the author and publisher in preparing, writing
and publishing the mailable matter;
(4) the appeal to prurient interest, or absence thereof, in
advertising or other promotion of the mailable matter.
rules of civil procedure applicable to the trial of cases by the
court without a jury.
(b) The court shall receive evidence at the trial, including the
testimony of experts, pertaining, but not limited, to:
(1) whether, to the average person, applying contemporary
community standards, the dominant theme of the mailable matter taken
as a whole is to prurient interest;
(2) the artistic, literary, scientific and educational merits of
the mailable matter considered as a whole;
(3) the intent of the author and publisher in preparing, writing
and publishing the mailable matter;
(4) the appeal to prurient interest, or absence thereof, in
advertising or other promotion of the mailable matter.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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