Oklahoma § 22-1167 Finding of insanity - Suspension of trial or judgment -

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 22-1167 — Finding of insanity - Suspension of trial or judgment -

Oklahoma § 22-1167

Title 22Criminal Procedure

This text of Oklahoma § 22-1167 (Finding of insanity - Suspension of trial or judgment -) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oklahoma primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1167 (2026).

Text

Commitment to state hospital. If the jury finds the defendant presently insane, the trial or judgment must be suspended until he becomes sane, and if the jury deem his discharge dangerous to the public peace or safety, the court shall order that the defendant be committed to one of the state hospitals for the mentally ill, and to be held therein and kept as a patient and inmate, until he be discharged and released as presently sane by the authority of the superintendent of said hospital. A release by the superintendent of said hospital shall be to the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the criminal case theretofore suspended is or was pending and from which he was committed. The court having jurisdiction thereof shall set the cause for trial.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Commitment to state hospital. If the jury finds the defendant presently insane, the trial or judgment must be suspended until he becomes sane, and if the jury deem his discharge dangerous to the public peace or safety, the court shall order that the defendant be committed to one of the state hospitals for the mentally ill, and to be held therein and kept as a patient and inmate, until he be discharged and released as presently sane by the authority of the superintendent of said hospital. A release by the superintendent of said hospital shall be to the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the criminal case theretofore suspended is or was pending and from which he was committed. The court having jurisdiction thereof shall set the cause for trial.