Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650v1
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Aggravated assault and battery upon peace officer
Official statutory text
A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,
knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person
of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,
corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or
any state peace officer employed by any state or federal
governmental agency to enforce state laws, while the officer is in
the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for not more than life, a fine not
exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 293
B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,
commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the
violator knows or should reasonably know is a police officer,
sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as
defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer
employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce
state laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of
this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her
duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not
less than five (5) years nor more than life, a fine not exceeding
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
C. For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery
upon law officers includes:
1. The physical contact with and an attempt to gain control of
the firearm; or
2. The strangulation,
of any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,
corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or
any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental
agency to enforce state laws.
As used in this subsection, “strangulation” shall have the same
meaning as provided in subsection J of Section 644 of this title.
D. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts but
shall be cumulative thereto.
knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person
of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,
corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or
any state peace officer employed by any state or federal
governmental agency to enforce state laws, while the officer is in
the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for not more than life, a fine not
exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 293
B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,
commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the
violator knows or should reasonably know is a police officer,
sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as
defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer
employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce
state laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of
this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her
duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not
less than five (5) years nor more than life, a fine not exceeding
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
C. For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery
upon law officers includes:
1. The physical contact with and an attempt to gain control of
the firearm; or
2. The strangulation,
of any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,
corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or
any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental
agency to enforce state laws.
As used in this subsection, “strangulation” shall have the same
meaning as provided in subsection J of Section 644 of this title.
D. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts but
shall be cumulative thereto.
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