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§21-644v1.
§21-644v1.
A. Assault shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not
exceeding thirty (30) days, or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Assault and battery shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county
jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by a fine of not more than One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
C. Any person who commits any assault and battery against a current or
former spouse, a present spouse of a former spouse, parents, a foster
parent, a child, a person otherwise related by blood or marriage, a
person with whom the defendant is in a dating relationship as defined
by Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, an individual
with whom the defendant has had a child, a person who formerly lived
in the same household as the defendant, or a person living in the same
household as the defendant shall be guilty of domestic abuse. Upon
conviction, the defendant shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than
Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Any second or subsequent conviction of domestic abuse
shall be a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or by a
fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both
such fine and imprisonment. Every conviction of domestic abuse shall
require as a condition of a suspended sentence that the defendant
participate in counseling or treatment to bring about the cessation of
domestic abuse. The defendant may be required to pay all or part of
the cost of the counseling or treatment, in the discretion of the
court. For the purposes of this subsection, any conviction for assault
and battery against a current or former spouse, a present spouse of a
former spouse, parents, a foster parent, a child, a person otherwise
related by blood or marriage, a person with whom the defendant is in a
dating relationship as defined by Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, an individual with whom the defendant has had a
child, a person who formerly lived in the same household as the
defendant, or any person living in the same household as the
defendant, shall constitute a sufficient basis for a felony charge:
1. If that conviction is rendered in any state, county or parish court
of record of this or any other state; or
2. If that conviction is rendered in any municipal court of record of
this or any other state for which any jail time was served; provided,
no conviction in a municipal court of record entered prior to November
1, 1997, shall constitute a prior conviction for purposes of a felony
charge.
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