The Court of Criminal Appeals would like to honor our Presiding Judge, Judge David Lewis, for his contributions to our State and the Court during black History Month. Judge Lewis is a celebrated jurist and the first African-American appointed to the Court in 2004 and the first African-American Presiding Judge.
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Uniform Jury Instructions
This court has issued a new order, effective December 20, 2019, updating the Uniform Jury Instructions. Please see 2019 OK CR 28 and Attachment with noted changes.
Updated Jury Instructions will be found on the OCCA website under the dropdown navigation for Court Resources > Jury Instructions
Uniform Jury Instructions
This court has issued a new order, effective July 27, 2018, updating the Uniform Jury Instructions. Please see 2018 OK CR 23 and Attachment with noted changes.
PDF copies of the updated versions are available from the download page. In addition to the PDF files you can go to the “Jury Instructions” link on the left of this page to cut and paste individual Jury Instructions as needed.
2018 OK CR 1
This court has issued a new order, effective February 5, 2018, updating the Rules and Forms of the Court. Please see 2018 OK CR 1
HB 1518
On November 1, 2015 HB1518 – Title 22: Section 985.1 and Section 985.2 went into effect.
This law requires the court clerks to submit a report each year to the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals to show the number of departures from mandatory minimum sentences made by each judge in the state during the previous calendar year. This report is to be made avaliable on this Court of Criminal Appeals website.
The link to this report will reside on the OCCA website page titled Deviation From Mandated Sentencing Reports. Each year, starting with 2015, will be listed on that webpage. Once on the webpage click on the appropriate year to open a PDF copy of that year’s report.