Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-888v2
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Forcible sodomy
Official statutory text
A. Any person who forces another person to engage in the
detestable and abominable crime against nature, pursuant to Section
886 of this title, upon conviction, is guilty of a Class B1 felony
offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for a period of not more than twenty (20) years.
Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any
person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a
violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a term of
post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of
paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the
Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of
Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-
imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual
imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second violation of this
section, where the victim of the second offense is a person under
sixteen (16) years of age, shall not be eligible for probation,
suspended or deferred sentence. Any person convicted of a third or
subsequent violation of this section, where the victim of the third
or subsequent offense is a person under sixteen (16) years of age,
shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for a term of life or life without parole, in the
discretion of the jury, or in case the jury fails or refuses to fix
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punishment then the same shall be pronounced by the court. Any
person convicted of a violation of this subsection after having been
twice convicted of a violation of subsection A of Section 1114 of
this title, a violation of Section 1123 of this title or sexual
abuse of a child pursuant to Section 843.5 of this title, or of any
attempt to commit any of these offenses or any combination of the
offenses, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term of life or life without parole.
B. The crime of forcible sodomy, a Class B1 felony offense,
shall include:
1. Sodomy committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age
upon a person under sixteen (16) years of age;
2. Sodomy committed upon a person incapable through mental
illness or any unsoundness of mind of giving legal consent
regardless of the age of the person committing the crime;
3. Sodomy accomplished with any person by means of force,
violence, or threats of force or violence accompanied by apparent
power of execution regardless of the age of the victim or the person
committing the crime;
4. Sodomy committed by a state, county, municipal or political
subdivision employee or a contractor or an employee of a contractor
of the state, a county, a municipality or political subdivision of
this state upon a person who is under the legal custody, supervision
or authority of a state agency, a county, a municipality or a
political subdivision of this state, or the subcontractor or
employee of a subcontractor of the contractor of the state or
federal government, a county, a municipality or a political
subdivision of this state;
5. Sodomy committed upon a person who is at least sixteen (16)
years of age but less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student
of any public or private secondary school, junior high or high
school, or public vocational school, with a person who is eighteen
bcontractor of the contractor of the state or
federal government, a county, a municipality or a political
subdivision of this state;
5. Sodomy committed upon a person who is at least sixteen (16)
years of age but less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student
of any public or private secondary school, junior high or high
school, or public vocational school, with a person who is eighteen
(18) years of age or older and is employed by a school system;
6. Sodomy committed upon a student at a secondary school who is
concurrently enrolled at an institution of higher education by an
employee of the institution of higher education of which the student
is enrolled;
7. Sodomy committed upon a person who is at the time
unconscious of the nature of the act, and this fact should be known
to the accused; or
8. Sodomy committed upon a person where the person is
intoxicated by a narcotic or anesthetic agent administered by or
with the privity of the accused as a means of forcing the person to
submit.
C. "Employee of an institution of higher education", for
purposes of this section, means faculty, adjunct faculty,
instructors, volunteers, or an employee of a business contracting
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with an institution of higher education who may exercise, at any
time, institutional authority over the victim. Employee of an
institution of higher education shall not include an enrolled
student who is not more than three (3) years of age or older than
the concurrently enrolled student and who is employed or
volunteering, in any capacity, for the institution of higher
education.
detestable and abominable crime against nature, pursuant to Section
886 of this title, upon conviction, is guilty of a Class B1 felony
offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for a period of not more than twenty (20) years.
Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any
person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a
violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a term of
post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of
paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the
Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of
Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-
imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual
imprisonment. Any person convicted of a second violation of this
section, where the victim of the second offense is a person under
sixteen (16) years of age, shall not be eligible for probation,
suspended or deferred sentence. Any person convicted of a third or
subsequent violation of this section, where the victim of the third
or subsequent offense is a person under sixteen (16) years of age,
shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for a term of life or life without parole, in the
discretion of the jury, or in case the jury fails or refuses to fix
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 388
punishment then the same shall be pronounced by the court. Any
person convicted of a violation of this subsection after having been
twice convicted of a violation of subsection A of Section 1114 of
this title, a violation of Section 1123 of this title or sexual
abuse of a child pursuant to Section 843.5 of this title, or of any
attempt to commit any of these offenses or any combination of the
offenses, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term of life or life without parole.
B. The crime of forcible sodomy, a Class B1 felony offense,
shall include:
1. Sodomy committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age
upon a person under sixteen (16) years of age;
2. Sodomy committed upon a person incapable through mental
illness or any unsoundness of mind of giving legal consent
regardless of the age of the person committing the crime;
3. Sodomy accomplished with any person by means of force,
violence, or threats of force or violence accompanied by apparent
power of execution regardless of the age of the victim or the person
committing the crime;
4. Sodomy committed by a state, county, municipal or political
subdivision employee or a contractor or an employee of a contractor
of the state, a county, a municipality or political subdivision of
this state upon a person who is under the legal custody, supervision
or authority of a state agency, a county, a municipality or a
political subdivision of this state, or the subcontractor or
employee of a subcontractor of the contractor of the state or
federal government, a county, a municipality or a political
subdivision of this state;
5. Sodomy committed upon a person who is at least sixteen (16)
years of age but less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student
of any public or private secondary school, junior high or high
school, or public vocational school, with a person who is eighteen
bcontractor of the contractor of the state or
federal government, a county, a municipality or a political
subdivision of this state;
5. Sodomy committed upon a person who is at least sixteen (16)
years of age but less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student
of any public or private secondary school, junior high or high
school, or public vocational school, with a person who is eighteen
(18) years of age or older and is employed by a school system;
6. Sodomy committed upon a student at a secondary school who is
concurrently enrolled at an institution of higher education by an
employee of the institution of higher education of which the student
is enrolled;
7. Sodomy committed upon a person who is at the time
unconscious of the nature of the act, and this fact should be known
to the accused; or
8. Sodomy committed upon a person where the person is
intoxicated by a narcotic or anesthetic agent administered by or
with the privity of the accused as a means of forcing the person to
submit.
C. "Employee of an institution of higher education", for
purposes of this section, means faculty, adjunct faculty,
instructors, volunteers, or an employee of a business contracting
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 389
with an institution of higher education who may exercise, at any
time, institutional authority over the victim. Employee of an
institution of higher education shall not include an enrolled
student who is not more than three (3) years of age or older than
the concurrently enrolled student and who is employed or
volunteering, in any capacity, for the institution of higher
education.
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