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Date: 07-21-2020

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State of Oklahoma v. Mary L. Karunakaran

Case Number: CF-2020-214

Judge: Walkley, Lori

Court: In the District Court in and For Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: Adair County District Attorney’s Office

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description: Norman, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Mary L. Karunakaran with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: CPTJ, POSESSION OF CELL PHONE OR ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN PENAL INSTITUTION IN CONCERT AND TOGETHER WITH JOHNNY SANDOVAL, in violation of 57 O.S. 21 (D) (E)
Date of Offense: 10/19/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
Karunakaran, Mary L Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/23/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSESSION OF CELL PHONE OR ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN PENAL INSTITUTION IN CONCERT AND TOGETHER WITH JOHNNY SANDOVAL(CPTJ)
Violation of 57 O.S. 21 (D) (E)



A. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his or her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other place where prisoners are located, any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous instrument, any controlled dangerous substance as defined by Section 2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any intoxicating beverage or low-point beer as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, money, or financial documents for a person other than the inmate or a spouse of the inmate, including but not limited to tax returns, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, the provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit any Department of Corrections employee who has a valid handgun license pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to keep a firearm in a vehicle on any property set aside for the parking of any vehicle, whether occupied or unoccupied, at any state-owned prison facility, provided the employee has provided annual notification to the Department of Corrections of the brand name, model, serial number, and owner identification information of the firearm, and the firearm is secured and stored in a locked metal storage container located in a locked vehicle. The storage container will be secured in the vehicle by a lockable chain or cable or by utilizing hardware provided by the manufacturer.

B. If an inmate is found to be in possession of any item prohibited by this section, upon conviction, such inmate shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections.

C. If the person found to be in possession of any item prohibited by this section has committed, prior to the commission of an offense in violation of this section, two or more felony offenses, and the possession of contraband in violation of this section is within ten (10) years of the completion of the execution of the sentence for any prior offense, such person, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than twenty (20) years. Felony offenses relied upon shall not have arisen out of the same transaction or occurrence or series of events closely related in time and location.

D. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his or her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other place where prisoners are located, cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco or any other form of tobacco product shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

E. Any person who knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his or her possession in any secure area of a jail or state penal institution or other secure place where prisoners are located any cellular phone or electronic device capable of sending or receiving any electronic communication shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding two (2) years, or by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

F. Any electronic communication device which has no identifiable owner and which is seized as a result of a violation of this section may be disposed of or sold by the agency that seized the device.

G. "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic, or photo-optical system, and includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of that communication through the Internet.


Count # 2. Count as Filed: OPJ, CONSPIRACY, in violation of 21 O.S. 380-592
Date of Offense: 10/19/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
Karunakaran, Mary L Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/23/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: CONSPIRACY(OPJ)
Violation of 21 O.S. 380-592

Outcome: 07-23-2020 DEFERRED

1 YR D/S; 100 FINE 100 VCA; RL8 PLAN TO ISSUE; (LW)
1 Karunakaran, Mary L

07-23-2020 DEFERRED

1 YR D/S; 100 FINE 100 VCA; RL8 PLAN TO ISSUE; (LW)
2 Karunakaran, Mary L

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