Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-971
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Defendant may show cause against judgment - Grounds -
Official statutory text
Proceedings.
The defendant may show for cause against the judgment:
1. That the defendant is insane; and if, in the opinion of the
court, there is reasonable ground for believing the defendant to be
insane, the question of the defendant's insanity must be tried as
hereinafter in this chapter. If upon the trial of that question the
jury finds that the defendant is sane, judgment must be pronounced.
If the jury finds the defendant insane, the defendant may be
committed to one of the state institutions or hospitals for the
mentally ill, until the defendant becomes sane, or be otherwise
committed according to law. When notice is given of that fact, as
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 264
hereinafter provided, the defendant must be brought before the court
for judgment.
2. That the defendant has good cause to offer, either in arrest
of judgment, or for a new trial, in which case the court may order
the judgment to be deferred, and proceed to decide upon the motion
in arrest of judgment, or for a new trial.
R.L. 1910, § 5932. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 15, eff. Nov. 1,
1998.
The defendant may show for cause against the judgment:
1. That the defendant is insane; and if, in the opinion of the
court, there is reasonable ground for believing the defendant to be
insane, the question of the defendant's insanity must be tried as
hereinafter in this chapter. If upon the trial of that question the
jury finds that the defendant is sane, judgment must be pronounced.
If the jury finds the defendant insane, the defendant may be
committed to one of the state institutions or hospitals for the
mentally ill, until the defendant becomes sane, or be otherwise
committed according to law. When notice is given of that fact, as
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 264
hereinafter provided, the defendant must be brought before the court
for judgment.
2. That the defendant has good cause to offer, either in arrest
of judgment, or for a new trial, in which case the court may order
the judgment to be deferred, and proceed to decide upon the motion
in arrest of judgment, or for a new trial.
R.L. 1910, § 5932. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 15, eff. Nov. 1,
1998.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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