State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Paul Suder

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecent exposure, in violation of 1021, which provides:

A. Every person who willfully and knowingly either:

1. Lewdly exposes his or her person or genitals in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; provided, however, for purposes of this section, a person alleged to have committed an act of public urination shall be prosecuted pursuant to Section 22 of this title unless such act was accompanied with another act that violates paragraphs 2 through 4 of this subsection and shall not be subject to registration under the Sex Offenders Registration Act;

2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person to expose such person, or to make any other exhibition of such person to public view or to the view of any number of persons, for the purpose of sexual stimulation of the viewer;

3. Writes, composes, stereotypes, prints, photographs, designs, copies, draws, engraves, paints, molds, cuts, or otherwise prepares, publishes, sells, distributes, keeps for sale, knowingly downloads on a computer, or exhibits any obscene material or child sexual abuse material; or

4. Makes, prepares, cuts, sells, gives, loans, distributes, keeps for sale, or exhibits any disc record, metal, plastic, or wax, wire or tape recording, or any type of obscene material or child sexual abuse material,

shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B4 felony offense and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Every person who:

1. Willfully solicits or aids a minor child to perform; or

2. Shows, exhibits, loans, or distributes to a minor child any obscene material or child sexual abuse material for the purpose of inducing said minor to participate in,

any act specified in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4 of subsection A of this section, shall be guilty of a Class A1 felony offense, upon conviction, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than ten (10) years nor more than thirty (30) years, except when the minor child is under twelve (12) years of age at the time the offense is committed, and in such case the person shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twenty-five (25) years.

C. Persons convicted under this section shall not be eligible for a deferred sentence.

D. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.

E. For purposes of this section, "downloading on a computer" means electronically transferring an electronic file from one computer or electronic media to another computer or electronic media.

5-2026 CONVICTED


JUDGE MICHELLE KEELY: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY, AND REPRESNTED BY BRIAN BOEHEIM. STATE REPRESENTED BY LAUREN CRUDUP AND LLI - BELLA SAKALAS. COURT REPORTER: TINA HALE. RACHEL FARRAR DID NOT APPEAR EVEN THOUGH CLIENT WAS PRESENT. CASE CALLED FOR SENTENCING AFTER JURY TRIAL. VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT HEARD. THE COURT SENTENCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JURY'S RECOMMENDATION AS FOLLOWS:

COUNT 1) DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO EIGHTEEN (18) MONTHS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. DEFENDANT ASSESSED: $8,000.00 FINE.

DEFENDANT REFUSED TO SIGN THE FOLLOWING FORMS/DOCUMENTS BUT WERE GONE OVER IN COURT: RULE 8 HEARING FORM AND SPECIAL RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS FORM.

THE COURT ORDERS DEFENDANT FOR EVERY ONE (1) HOUR IN SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING THE DEFENDANT WILL BE CREDITED $150.00 TOWARDS FINES AND COSTS.

RULE 8 EXECUTED. APPEAL RIGHTS HEARD. BOND EXONERATED. COMMITMENT FOR PUNISHMENT ISSUED. DEFENDANT REMANDED TO CUSTODY.