Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-434
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Compounding a crime - Separate prosecution
Official statutory text
A person may be prosecuted for having, with the knowledge of the
commission of a public offense, taken money or property of another,
or a gratutiy or reward, or an engagement or promise therefor, upon
the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or
conceal the offense, or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or
to withhold any evidence thereof, though the person guilty of the
original offense have not been indicted or tried.
commission of a public offense, taken money or property of another,
or a gratutiy or reward, or an engagement or promise therefor, upon
the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or
conceal the offense, or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or
to withhold any evidence thereof, though the person guilty of the
original offense have not been indicted or tried.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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