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§ 1040.18. Trial--Evidence

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 21. Crimes and Punishments

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
Part IV. Crimes Against Public Decency and Morality
Chapter 39. Oklahoma Law on Obscenity and Child Pornography
21 Okl.St.Ann. § 1040.18
§ 1040.18. Trial--Evidence
Currentness
(a) The court shall conduct the trial in accordance with the rules of civil procedure applicable to the trial of cases by the court without a jury.
(b) The court shall receive evidence at the trial, including the testimony of experts, pertaining, but not limited, to:
(1) whether, to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the mailable matter taken as a whole is to prurient interest;
(2) the artistic, literary, scientific and educational merits of the mailable matter considered as a whole;
(3) the intent of the author and publisher in preparing, writing and publishing the mailable matter;
(4) the appeal to prurient interest, or absence thereof, in advertising or other promotion of the mailable matter.

Credits

Laws 1968, c. 121, § 8, emerg. eff. April 4, 1968.
21 Okl. St. Ann. § 1040.18, OK ST T. 21 § 1040.18
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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