Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-771
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Prisoner, deposition of - Oath
Official statutory text
When a material witness for a defendant under a criminal charge
is a prisoner in a state prison or in a county jail of a county
other than that in which the defendant is to be tried, his
deposition may be taken on behalf of the defendant in the manner
provided for in the case of a witness who is sick; and the foregoing
provisions of this article, so far as they are applicable, govern in
the application for, and in the taking and use of such depositions,
such deposition may be taken before any magistrate or notary public
of the county in which the jail or prison is situated; or in case
the witness is confined in a state prison, and the defendant is
unable to pay for taking the deposition, before the warden or clerk
of the board of control of the prison, whose duty it shall be to act
without compensation. Every officer before whom testimony shall be
taken by virtue hereof, shall have authority to administer, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 239
shall administer an oath to the witness, that his testimony shall be
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
is a prisoner in a state prison or in a county jail of a county
other than that in which the defendant is to be tried, his
deposition may be taken on behalf of the defendant in the manner
provided for in the case of a witness who is sick; and the foregoing
provisions of this article, so far as they are applicable, govern in
the application for, and in the taking and use of such depositions,
such deposition may be taken before any magistrate or notary public
of the county in which the jail or prison is situated; or in case
the witness is confined in a state prison, and the defendant is
unable to pay for taking the deposition, before the warden or clerk
of the board of control of the prison, whose duty it shall be to act
without compensation. Every officer before whom testimony shall be
taken by virtue hereof, shall have authority to administer, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 239
shall administer an oath to the witness, that his testimony shall be
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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