ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2539	By:	O'Donnell, Ritze, Turner and Christian of the House

				and

		Holt, Standridge and Jolley of the Senate

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending 21 O.S. 2011, Section 733, which relates to justifiable homicide; clarifying certain provision; defining term; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Justifiable homicide

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2011, Section 733, is amended to read as follows:

Section 733.  A.  Homicide is also justifiable when committed by any person in either any of the following cases:

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; or,

2.  When committed in the lawful defense of such person, or of his or her husband, wife, parent, child, master, mistress, or servant another, when there is a reasonable ground to apprehend a design to commit 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 to do some great personal injury, and imminent danger of such design being accomplished; 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.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of February, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 22nd day of April, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

	_________________________________
	Governor of the State of Oklahoma

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