Oklahoma § 22-971 - Defendant may show cause against judgment - Grounds Proceedings

§ 22-971. Defendant may show cause against judgment - Grounds Proceedings

The defendant may show for cause against the judgment:

1. That the defendant is insane; and if, in the opinion of the

court, there is reasonable ground for believing the defendant to be

insane, the question of the defendant's insanity must be tried as

hereinafter in this chapter. If upon the trial of that question the

jury finds that the defendant is sane, judgment must be pronounced.

If the jury finds the defendant insane, the defendant may be

committed to one of the state institutions or hospitals for the

mentally ill, until the defendant becomes sane, or be otherwise

committed according to law. When notice is given of that fact, as

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure

hereinafter provided, the defendant must be brought before the court

for judgment.

2. That the defendant has good cause to offer, either in arrest

of judgment, or for a new trial, in which case the court may order

the judgment to be deferred, and proceed to decide upon the motion

in arrest of judgment, or for a new trial.

R.L. 1910, § 5932. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 15, eff. Nov. 1,

1998.