Oklahoma · Oklahoma Statutes — Title 21, Crimes and Punishments

Okla. Stat. Title 21 § 21-694: Certain common law rules abolished

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute abolishes certain common law rules: it eliminates the distinction treating killings by servants or wives as petit treason (now treated as regular homicide), and eliminates the presumption that deaths occurring after one year and one day cannot result from prior criminal injury.

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