Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-701.8
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Murder in the second degree
Official statutory text
Homicide, a Class A1 felony offense, is murder in the second
degree in the following cases:
1. When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another
person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life,
although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any
particular individual; or
2. When perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of
any felony other than the unlawful acts set out in Section 1,
subsection B, of this act.
degree in the following cases:
1. When perpetrated by an act imminently dangerous to another
person and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life,
although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any
particular individual; or
2. When perpetrated by a person engaged in the commission of
any felony other than the unlawful acts set out in Section 1,
subsection B, of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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