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What Constitutes Shooting with Intent to Kill Oklahoma?

shooting with intent to kill OklahomaIn Tulsa, shooting with the intent to kill Oklahoma is a very serious charge with severe penalties.

An immediate consultation with an experienced Tulsa criminal defense attorney is strongly recommended in order to protect your rights and build the best defense possible against this charge.

What is Shooting with Intent to Kill Oklahoma?

In Tulsa, any person who intentionally and wrongfully shoots another with a firearm with intent to kill a person, including an unborn child, may be found guilty of a felony.

No person may be convicted of shooting with intent to kill Oklahoma unless the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime. These elements are:

  1. intentional and wrongful;
  2. shooting or discharging a firearm;
  3. with the intent to kill any person.

OUJI-CR 4-4

If the firearm was shot unintentionally or the defendant did not intend to kill, the prosecutor will not meet each of these elements necessary for a conviction.

Penalty

Shooting with intent to kill Oklahoma is a felony crime punishable by up to life in prison. Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 652

Free Consultation: Tulsa Criminal Defense Attorney

If you or someone you know is accused of a crime in Oklahoma, please contact a Tulsa criminal defense attorney to discuss your available legal options.

Call Wirth Law Office – Tulsa today at 918-756-9600 or toll free at 1-888-447-7262.

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