Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-353.1
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Minimum and maximum terms of confinement – Assessment of
Official statutory text
terms by jury.
In all cases where a sentence of imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary is imposed, the court, in assessing the term of the
confinement, may fix a minimum and a maximum term, both of which
shall be within the limits now or hereafter provided by law as the
penalty for conviction of the offense. The minimum term may be less
than, but shall not be more than, one-third (1/3) of the maximum
sentence imposed by the court. Provided, however, that the terms of
this section shall not limit or alter the right in trials in which a
jury is used for the jury to assess the penalty of confinement and
fix a minimum and maximum term of confinement, so long as the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 101
maximum confinement be not in excess of the maximum term of
confinement provided by law for conviction of the offense.
In all cases where a sentence of imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary is imposed, the court, in assessing the term of the
confinement, may fix a minimum and a maximum term, both of which
shall be within the limits now or hereafter provided by law as the
penalty for conviction of the offense. The minimum term may be less
than, but shall not be more than, one-third (1/3) of the maximum
sentence imposed by the court. Provided, however, that the terms of
this section shall not limit or alter the right in trials in which a
jury is used for the jury to assess the penalty of confinement and
fix a minimum and maximum term of confinement, so long as the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 101
maximum confinement be not in excess of the maximum term of
confinement provided by law for conviction of the offense.
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