Oklahoma § 12-2504 - Husband-wife privilege

§ 12-2504. Husband-wife privilege

A. A communication is confidential for purposes of this section

if it is made privately by any person to the person’s spouse and is

not intended for disclosure to any other person.

B. An accused in a criminal proceeding has a privilege to

prevent the spouse of the accused from testifying as to any

confidential communication between the accused and the spouse.

C. The privilege may be claimed by the accused or by the spouse

on behalf of the accused. The authority of the spouse to do so is

presumed.

D. There is no privilege under this section in a proceeding in

which one spouse is charged with a crime against the person or

property of:

1. The other;

2. A child of either;

3. A person residing in the household of either; or

4. A third person when the crime is committed in the course of

committing a crime against any other person named in this section.

Added by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 504, eff. Oct. 1, 1978. Amended by

Laws 2002, c. 468, § 34, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.