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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 657 By: Weaver
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to justifiable homicide; amending 21
7 O.S. 2021, Section 732, which relates to justifiable
8 homicide by officer; authorizing appeal of certain
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9 waiver of certain right; and providing an effective
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 732, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 732. A. A peace officer, correctional officer, or any
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17 person acting by his command in his aid and assistance, is justified
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18 in using deadly force when:
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19 1. The officer is acting in obedience to and in accordance with
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20 any judgment of a competent court in executing a penalty of death;
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21 or
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22 2. In effecting an arrest or preventing an escape from custody
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23 following arrest and the officer reasonably believes both that:
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1 a. such force is necessary to prevent the arrest from
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2 being defeated by resistance or escape, and
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3 b. there is probable cause to believe that the person to
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4 be arrested has committed a crime involving the
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5 infliction or threatened infliction of serious bodily
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6 harm, or the person to be arrested is attempting to
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7 escape by use of a deadly weapon, or otherwise
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8 indicates that he will endanger human life or inflict
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9 great bodily harm unless arrested without delay; or
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10 3. The officer is in the performance of his legal duty or the
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11 execution of legal process and reasonably believes the use of the
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12 force is necessary to protect himself or others from the infliction
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13 of serious bodily harm; or
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14 4. The force is necessary to prevent an escape from a penal
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15 institution or other place of confinement used primarily for the
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16 custody of persons convicted of felonies or from custody while in
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17 transit thereto or therefrom unless the officer has reason to know:
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18 a. the person escaping is not a person who has committed
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19 a felony involving violence, and
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20 b. the person escaping is not likely to endanger human
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21 life or to inflict serious bodily harm if not
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22 apprehended.
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23 B. An officer or other person acting by the officer's command
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24 in the officer's aid and assistance whose use of deadly force is
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1 found during any pretrial hearing or proceeding to be unjustified
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2 pursuant to this section may appeal such ruling to the Court of
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3 Criminal Appeals within ten (10) days of the ruling. Priority shall
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4 be given to appeals made pursuant to this subsection and an order
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5 staying proceedings shall be entered pending the outcome of the
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6 appeal. If an appeal is not brought within ten (10) days of the
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7 ruling, the officer waives the right to immediate appeal of the
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8 ruling but does not waive any right to assert the claim at trial or
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9 upon direct appeal.
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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