State of Oklahoma v. Clifford Lee Tyron

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cruelty to animals in violation of 21 O.S. 1685, which provides:

Any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprive any such animal of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering; or who shall cause, procure or permit any such animal to be so tortured, destroyed or killed, or cruelly beaten or injured, maimed or mutilated, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering; or who shall willfully set on foot, instigate, engage in, or in any way further any act of cruelty to any animal, or any act tending to produce such cruelty, shall be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Any animal so maltreated or abused shall be considered an abused or neglected animal.

Reported by: Kent Morlan

7-2026 CONVICTED


JUDGE WILLIAM LAFORTUNE: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY, REPRESENTED BY AMANDA MIMS AND HARRIS YOUNGBLOOD. STATE REPRESENTED BY MATT HELBERG AND ELYSSA KOHLER. COURT REPORTER SAMANTHA BROWN IS PRESENT. CASE CALLED FOR FORMAL SENTENCING AFTER JURY TRIAL. ARGUMENT HEARD AS TO SENTENCING. COURT FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY & SENTENCES DEFENDANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JURY VERDICT.

COUNT 1: SIX (6) YEARS ALL IN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. DEFENDANT ASSESSED $150.00 VICTIM COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT, PLUS COSTS.

DEFENDANT TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED AND EARNED.

DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS. RULE 8 AND JUDGMENT & SENTENCE ISSUED. BOND