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45 | 38 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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47 | 40 | | An Act relating to criminal procedure; directing |
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48 | 41 | | courts to conduct evidentiary hearing for certain |
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49 | 42 | | criminal matters; placing burden of p roof upon the |
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50 | 43 | | state; stating time limitation for conducting |
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51 | 44 | | evidentiary hearing; providing for dismissal of the |
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52 | 45 | | case under certain circumstances; providing for |
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53 | 46 | | codification; and providing an effective date . |
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59 | 52 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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60 | 53 | | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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61 | 54 | | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 212 of Title 22, unless there is |
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62 | 55 | | created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: |
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63 | 56 | | Following the return and filing of an indictment or an |
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64 | 57 | | information where the named defendant is a law enforcement officer |
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65 | 58 | | accused of murder in the first or second degree or manslaughter in |
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66 | 59 | | the first or second degree , and prior to a preliminary hearing |
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67 | 60 | | conference or preliminary hearing in the matter, the court shall |
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98 | 90 | | enforcement officer was neither acting in self-defense or in the |
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99 | 91 | | defense of others at the time of the alleged offense . The |
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100 | 92 | | evidentiary hearing shall be scheduled within sixty (60) days after |
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101 | 93 | | the return and filing of the indictment or information. If, after |
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102 | 94 | | hearing the evidence and arg uments submitted, the court finds that |
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103 | 95 | | the state has failed to meet its burden, the court shall dismiss the |
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104 | 96 | | case. |
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105 | 97 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. |
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