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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1105 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to homicide; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 733, which relates to justifiable homicide;
67	67	requiring the state to award reimbursement of certain
68	68	costs and expenses for persons found not guilty of
69	69	murder; authorizing denial or re duction of certain
70	70	awards; permitting appeal to certain courts; allowing
71	71	for award for certain sustained injury; establishing
72	72	criteria for claim of malic ious prosecution;
73	73	providing certain criteria for establishing malice;
74	74	authorizing personal liability under certain
75	75	circumstances; requiring certain reporting ;
76	76	clarifying applicability to pending prosecutions;
77	77	making language gender neutral; and providing an
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 733, is
85	85	amended to read as follows:
86	86	Section 733. A. Homicide is also just ifiable when committed by
87	87	any person in any of the following cas es:
88	88	1. When resisting a ny attempt to murder such person, or to
89	89	commit any felony upon him the person, or upon or in any dwelling
90	90	house in which such person is;
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142	142	2. When committed in the lawful defense o f such person or of
143	143	another, when the person using force reasona bly believes such force
144	144	is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or
145	145	herself or another or to termin ate or prevent the commission of a
146	146	forcible felony; or
147	147	3. When necessarily committed in attempting, by lawful ways and
148	148	means, to apprehend any person for any f elony committed; or in
149	149	lawfully suppressing any riot; or in lawfully keeping and preserving
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151	151	B. When a person is charged with murder but is found not guilty
152	152	due to justifiable homicide, the state shall reimburse the defendant
153	153	for all reasonable costs including loss of wages, court costs,
154	154	attorney fees, and other expenses involved in his or her defense;
155	155	provided, such reimbursement shall not be an independent cause of
156	156	action. To award reasonable costs, the trier of fact shall find
157	157	that the defendant’s claim that the homicide was justified was
158	158	sustained by a prepondera nce of the evidence. If the trier of fact
159	159	determines that the homicide was justified, the court shall
160	160	determine the amount of the award. If the trier of fact find s that
161	161	the defendant did not meet his or her burden of proof by a
162	162	preponderance of the evidence, the defendant may appeal the finding
163	163	to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
164	164	C. Notwithstanding a finding that a defendant’s actions were
165	165	justified, if the trier o f fact determines that the defendant was
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217	217	engaged in criminal conduct substantially related to the events
218	218	giving rise to the charges filed against the defendant, the court
219	219	may deny or reduce the amount of the award. In determining the
220	220	amount of the award, the court shall consider the seriousness of the
221	221	initial criminal conduct.
222	222	D. When a homicide is dete rmined to be justified and the
223	223	defendant establishes that he or she has sustained injury due to
224	224	malicious prosecution, then the defendant shall be awarded fair and
225	225	just compensation.
226	226	E. In order to support a claim of malicious prosecution
227	227	pursuant to this sec tion, a claimant shall establish:
228	228	1. That a prosecution for homicide was commenced against the
229	229	claimant;
230	230	2. That the prosecution was malicious;
231	231	3. That the prosecution was instituted or instigated by the
232	232	prosecutor;
233	233	4. That the prosecution was without probable cause;
234	234	5. That the prosecution has bee n legally and finally terminated
235	235	in favor of the claimant; and
236	236	6. That as a result of the criminal prosec ution the claimant
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238	238	F. For purposes of this section , malice may be established if
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292	292	ill will or hatred or willfully done in a wanton or oppressive
293	293	manner, and in conscious disregard of the claimant’s rights.
294	294	G. A prosecutor may be held personally liable to a claimant if
295	295	malicious prosecution is establish ed pursuant to this section .
296	296	H. When a malicious prosecution is established pursuant to this
297	297	section, any court that presided over any stage of the prosecution
298	298	shall immediately report the finding to the O klahoma Bar Association
299	299	for a disciplinary investigation of both the pr osecutor and the
300	300	elected district attorney who employs the prosecutor.
301	301	I. The provisions of this section shall extend to pending
302	302	prosecutions prior to the effective date of this act.
303	303	J. As used in this section, “forcible felony” means any felony
304	304	which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence
305	305	against any person.
306	306	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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