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Date: 09-30-2016

Case Style: State of Oklahoma v. John Mark Jennings

Case Number: CF-2016-1836

Judge: William LaFortune

Court: District Court, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Andrea Brown

Defendant's Attorney:




M.J. Denman

Description: Tulsa, OK - Defendant Sentenced to 115 For Sexually Abusing A 10-Year-Old Child

The State of Oklahoma charged John Mark Jennings, age 61, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 12/05/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
JENNINGS, JOHN MARK Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/27/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12(CHSA)
Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 12/05/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
JENNINGS, JOHN MARK Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/27/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12(CHSA)
Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Count # 3. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 12/05/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
JENNINGS, JOHN MARK Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/27/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12(CHSA)
Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Count # 4. Count as Filed: CHSA, PERMITTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 G
Date of Offense: 12/05/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
JENNINGS, ELIZABETH A
Count # 5. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 12/05/2012
Party Name Disposition Information
JENNINGS, JOHN MARK Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/27/2016. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12(CHSA)
Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F

The State claimed that the victim told authorities that she was abused by the Defendant from December 5, 2013 to March 31 of 2016.

21 O.S. 843.5 C provides:

"C. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child neglect shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As used in this subsection, "child neglect" means the willful or malicious neglect, as defined by paragraph 47 of Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by another."

Outcome: JUDGE WILLIAM D. LAFORTUNE: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY, REPRESENTED MJ DENMAN. STATE REPRESENTED BY ANDREA BROWN. COURT REPORTER IS JANA HARRINGTON. CASE CALLED FOR AGGRAVATION HEARING AFTER GUILTY PLEA 2 WITNESSES SWORN AND TESTIFIED, COURT FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY.
COUNT 1: DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO LIFE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WITH CREDIT FOR ALL TIME SERVED, DEFENDANT ASSESSED A $150.00 VICTIM'S COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, PLUS COST., CS TO COUNTS 2 AND 3 CC TO COUNT 5
COUNT 2: DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO LIFE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WITH CREDIT FOR ALL TIME SERVED, DEFENDANT ASSESSED A $150.00 VICTIM'S COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, PLUS COST. CS TO COUNT 1 AND 3, CC TO COUNT 5
COUNT 3: DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO TWENTY (25) YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WITH CREDIT FOR ALL TIME SERVED, DEFENDANT ASSESSED A $150.00 VICTIM'S COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, PLUS COST. TO RUN CS TO COUNTS 1 AND 2 CC TO COUNT 5
COUNT 5: DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO TWENTY (25) YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WITH CREDIT FOR ALL TIME SERVED, DEFENDANT ASSESSED A $150.00 VICTIM'S COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, PLUS COST. CC WITH COUNTS 1, 2 AND 3
DEFENDANT ADVISED OF 85%
UPON RELEASE FROM SUCH CONFINEMENT, THE DEFENDANT SHALL SERVE A TERM OF POST-IMPRISONMENT SUPERVISION, UNDER CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, FOR A PERIOD OF NINE (9) MONTHS NO LESS THAN (1) YEAR.
DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS. RULE 8 AND J&S ISSUED. BOND EXONERATED. COMMITMENT FOR PUNISHMENT ISSUED TO JAIL.

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Comments:

Sexual Assault

by Kent Morlan



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