Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1312
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Punishment for riot
Official statutory text
Every person guilty of participating in any riot is punishable
as follows:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 659
1. If any murder, maiming, robbery, rape or arson was committed
in the course of such riot, such person is guilty of a Class A1
felony offense punishable in the same manner as a principal in such
crime;
2. If the purpose of the riotous assembly was to resist the
execution of any statute of this state or of the United States, or
to obstruct any public officer of this state or of the United
States, in the performance of any legal duty, or in serving or
executing any legal process, such person shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a Class B3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in
the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not
exceeding ten (10) years and not less than two (2) years;
3. If such person carried at the time of such riot any species
of firearms, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, or was disguised,
such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B3 felony
offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for a term not exceeding ten (10) years and not less
than two (2) years;
4. If such person directed, advised, encouraged or solicited
other persons, who participated in the riot to acts of force or
violence, such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class
B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding twenty (20) years
and not less than two (2) years; or
5. Every person who shall unlawfully obstruct the normal use of
any public street, highway or road within this state by impeding,
hindering or restraining motor vehicle traffic or passage thereon,
by standing or approaching motor vehicles thereon, or by endangering
the safe movement of motor vehicles or pedestrians traveling thereon
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1)
year, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
and not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment. In addition, the person shall be liable for
all damages to person or property by reason of the same. As used in
this paragraph, "obstruct" means to render impassable or to render
passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.
In all other cases such person is punishable as for a
misdemeanor.
R.L. 1910, § 2559. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 339, eff. July
1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 233, eff. July 1, 1999;
as follows:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 659
1. If any murder, maiming, robbery, rape or arson was committed
in the course of such riot, such person is guilty of a Class A1
felony offense punishable in the same manner as a principal in such
crime;
2. If the purpose of the riotous assembly was to resist the
execution of any statute of this state or of the United States, or
to obstruct any public officer of this state or of the United
States, in the performance of any legal duty, or in serving or
executing any legal process, such person shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a Class B3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in
the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not
exceeding ten (10) years and not less than two (2) years;
3. If such person carried at the time of such riot any species
of firearms, or other deadly or dangerous weapon, or was disguised,
such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B3 felony
offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for a term not exceeding ten (10) years and not less
than two (2) years;
4. If such person directed, advised, encouraged or solicited
other persons, who participated in the riot to acts of force or
violence, such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class
B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding twenty (20) years
and not less than two (2) years; or
5. Every person who shall unlawfully obstruct the normal use of
any public street, highway or road within this state by impeding,
hindering or restraining motor vehicle traffic or passage thereon,
by standing or approaching motor vehicles thereon, or by endangering
the safe movement of motor vehicles or pedestrians traveling thereon
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1)
year, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
and not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment. In addition, the person shall be liable for
all damages to person or property by reason of the same. As used in
this paragraph, "obstruct" means to render impassable or to render
passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.
In all other cases such person is punishable as for a
misdemeanor.
R.L. 1910, § 2559. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 339, eff. July
1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 233, eff. July 1, 1999;
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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