Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-991a-20
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Second and subsequent offenses
Official statutory text
A. Every person who, having been convicted of any offense
against an elderly or incapacitated person, as enumerated in Section
445 of this act, commits any crime against an elderly or
incapacitated person after such conviction is punishable as follows:
1. If the offense of which such person is subsequently
convicted is such that upon a first conviction an offender would be
punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for any term
exceeding five (5) years, such person is punishable by imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary for a term not less than ten (10) years;
or
2. If such subsequent offense is such that upon a first
conviction the offender would be punishable by imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary for five (5) years or less, then the person
convicted of such subsequent offense is punishable by imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding fifteen (15)
years.
B. Every person who, having been twice convicted of felony
offenses against an elderly or incapacitated person, commits a third
felony offense against an elderly or incapacitated person within ten
(10) years of the date following the completion of the execution of
the first sentence, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty (20) years.
C. All felony offenses arising out of the same transaction or
occurrence or series of events closely related in time and location
shall be considered as one offense for the purposes of this section.
D. Nothing in this section shall affect the punishment by death
or life imprisonment without parole in all crimes now or hereafter
made punishable by death or life imprisonment without parole.
against an elderly or incapacitated person, as enumerated in Section
445 of this act, commits any crime against an elderly or
incapacitated person after such conviction is punishable as follows:
1. If the offense of which such person is subsequently
convicted is such that upon a first conviction an offender would be
punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for any term
exceeding five (5) years, such person is punishable by imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary for a term not less than ten (10) years;
or
2. If such subsequent offense is such that upon a first
conviction the offender would be punishable by imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary for five (5) years or less, then the person
convicted of such subsequent offense is punishable by imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding fifteen (15)
years.
B. Every person who, having been twice convicted of felony
offenses against an elderly or incapacitated person, commits a third
felony offense against an elderly or incapacitated person within ten
(10) years of the date following the completion of the execution of
the first sentence, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty (20) years.
C. All felony offenses arising out of the same transaction or
occurrence or series of events closely related in time and location
shall be considered as one offense for the purposes of this section.
D. Nothing in this section shall affect the punishment by death
or life imprisonment without parole in all crimes now or hereafter
made punishable by death or life imprisonment without parole.
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