Oklahoma § 21-733 - Justifiable homicide by any person

§ 21-733. Justifiable homicide by any person

A. Homicide is also justifiable when committed by any person in

any of the following cases:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

1. When resisting any attempt to murder such person, or to

commit any felony upon him, or upon or in any dwelling house in

which such person is;

2. When committed in the lawful defense of such person or of

another, when the person using force reasonably believes such force

is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or

herself or another or to terminate or prevent the commission of a

forcible felony; or

3. When necessarily committed in attempting, by lawful ways and

means, to apprehend any person for any felony committed; or in

lawfully suppressing any riot; or in lawfully keeping and preserving

the peace.

B. As used in this section, "forcible felony" means any felony

which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence

against any person.

R.L. 1910, § 2334. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 391, § 1, emerg. eff.

June 3, 2014.