Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1167
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Finding of insanity - Suspension of trial or judgment -
Official statutory text
Commitment to state hospital.
If the jury finds the defendant presently insane, the trial or
judgment must be suspended until he becomes sane, and if the jury
deem his discharge dangerous to the public peace or safety, the
court shall order that the defendant be committed to one of the
state hospitals for the mentally ill, and to be held therein and
kept as a patient and inmate, until he be discharged and released as
presently sane by the authority of the superintendent of said
hospital. A release by the superintendent of said hospital shall be
to the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the criminal
case theretofore suspended is or was pending and from which he was
committed. The court having jurisdiction thereof shall set the
cause for trial.
If the jury finds the defendant presently insane, the trial or
judgment must be suspended until he becomes sane, and if the jury
deem his discharge dangerous to the public peace or safety, the
court shall order that the defendant be committed to one of the
state hospitals for the mentally ill, and to be held therein and
kept as a patient and inmate, until he be discharged and released as
presently sane by the authority of the superintendent of said
hospital. A release by the superintendent of said hospital shall be
to the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the criminal
case theretofore suspended is or was pending and from which he was
committed. The court having jurisdiction thereof shall set the
cause for trial.
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