Receiving stolen property may sound like a minor offense - after all, it was someone else who committed the theft - but in Oklahoma, receiving stolen property can be a felony offense leading to up to five years in prison. What is and is not sufficient for the crime of...
The past several months have brought one public revelation after another of famous figures in the media, politics, and entertainment who have been accused of sexual misconduct for acts that allegedly occurred years in the past. Many of these individuals have been...
If you are arrested for a misdemeanor or felony in Oklahoma, your due process rights means that you will have the right to a trial in which your guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt before you can be convicted for the crime. This is your chance to dispute...
One of the most closely watched trials in recent years was Bill Cosby’s 2017 trial for sexual assault. Observers waiting for either a not guilty or guilty verdict got neither when the jury could not agree on a verdict and the judge declared a mistrial. Which...
Many times arrests for drug and gun offenses, among other crimes, happen after the police have stopped a car and asked to search the car, and the driver has allowed the police to do so. For most people, when a police officer pulls them over and asks to search the car,...
If you are working in Oklahoma and hear mention of “the SEC,” your mind might first go to our beloved Sooners’ fierce gridiron rivals at Alabama, Auburn, and LSU. But if the SEC - short for the Securities and Exchange Commission - comes knocking at...
As numerous states, especially those in the west, have moved to decriminalize marijuana possession for medical and/or recreational uses in recent years, the state of Oklahoma has not budged on its strict criminal laws against the recreational use of marijuana, which...
Police and prosecutors may have collected evidence against you in building a criminal case, but that does not necessarily mean that the evidence they have collected - whether anyone thinks it make you seem more guilty or not - can necessarily be used against you in...
There are many good reasons to want to hide a criminal record from your family members and employers, both present and future. Your past criminal conviction doesn’t need to define you forever, and it makes sense that you want your family and others to think the...
