State of Oklahoma v. Edward Lee Watson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and batter with a dangerous weapon in violation of 21 O.S.645, which provides:

Every person who, with intent to do bodily harm and without justifiable or excusable cause, commits any assault, battery, or assault and battery upon the person of another with any sharp or dangerous weapon, or who, without such cause, shoots at another, with any kind of firearm, air gun, conductive energy weapon or other means whatever, with intent to injure any person, although without the intent to kill such person or to commit any felony, upon conviction is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year.

JUDGE DAVID GUTEN: DEFENDANT PRESENT, NOT IN CUSTODY AND REPRESENTED BY KENT WEBB. STATE REPRESENTED BY SIERRA SIPES. COURT REPORTER: WAIVED. DEFENDANT SWORN IN OPEN COURT. DEFENDANT WAIVES RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL / NON-JURY TRIAL AND ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY. COURT ACCEPTS PLEA AND FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY. DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO:

COUNT 1) SEVEN (7) YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ALL TIME SUSPENDED. DEFENDANT TO BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS PROBATION AND PAROLE SERVICES DEFENDANT TO PAY COURT COSTS AND 991 FEES. 991 FEES REDUCED BY 75%. DEFENDANT TO FOLLOW ALL RULES AND CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION AND HAVE NO CONTACT WITH VICTIM.

DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS. DEFENDANT ASSESSED COURT COSTS. RULE 8 ISSUED. JUDGEMENT AND SENTENCE ISSUED. BOND EXONERATED.