witness who has given testimony. A. Every person who willfully prevents or attempts to prevent any person from giving testimony or producing any record, document or other object, who has been duly summoned or subpoenaed or endorsed on the criminal information or juvenile petition as a witness, or who makes a report of abuse or neglect pursuant to Section 1-2-101 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 10- 104 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or who is a witness to any reported crime, or threatens or procures physical or mental harm through force or fear with the intent to prevent any witness from appearing in court to give his or her testimony or produce any record, document or other object, or to alter his or her testimony is, upon conviction, guilty of a Class C1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title. B. Every person who threatens physical harm through force or fear or causes or procures physical harm to be done to any person or harasses any person or causes a person to be harassed because of testimony given by such person in any civil or criminal trial or proceeding, or who makes a report of abuse or neglect pursuant to Section 1-2-101 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 10- 104 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, is, upon conviction, guilty of a Class C1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through E of Section 20L of this title. R.L. 1910, § 2230. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 158, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1981, c. 92, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Laws 1991, c. 296, § 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 182, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 199, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 111, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2013, c. 243, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 191, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 199 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
11
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case:
Mehdipour v. State, 1998 OK CR 23, 956 P.2d 911.
Mehdipour v. State, 1998 OK CR 23, 956 P.2d 911.
· cites it 18× “CF-91-3221, of Attempting to Intimidate a State's Witness in violation of 21 O.S.1991, § 455. In accordance with the jury's recommendation the Honorable James L.”
State v. Bradley State v. Brodie, 2018 OK CR 34, 434 P.3d 5.
· cites it 11× “CF-2017-445 and CF-2017-446, the Appellees, Shelley Marie Bradley ("Appellee Bradley") and Dylan Thomas Brodie ("Appellee Brodie"), were each charged with Count 1: Intimidation of a Witness, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2013, § 455 (" Section 455") and Count 2: Conspiracy to…”
State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Faulk, 2021 OK 46, 496 P.3d 612.
· cites it 6× “§ 644(J), a felony; Count 3 -- Intimidation of a Witness, in violation of 21 O.S. § 455, a felony; and Count 4 -- Domestic Abuse -- Assault and Battery, in violation of 21 O.”
Darrow v. Integris Health, Inc., 2008 OK 1, 176 P.3d 1204.
“§ 1635 that deals with falsification of papers; the provisions of 21 O.S. § 455(A) that address prevention of witness testimony; and the terms of 63 O.”
Morgan v. Dist. Court of Woodward Cnty., 831 P.2d 1001 (Okla. Crim. App. 1992).
“; 21 O.S.1991, § 455, when any person prevents another from giving testimony who has been duly summoned or subpoenaed; and/or, 21 O.”
Mehdipour v. Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, 62 F. App'x 203 (10th Cir. 2003).
“Mehdipour was tried and convicted in 1993 of attempting to intimidate a state’s witness, in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 455 (1991). His conviction was reversed on appeal to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA), which concluded that the trial court failed to…”
State v. Bradley State v. Brodie, 2018 OK CR 34.
· cites it 11× “CF-2017-445 and CF-2017-446, the Appellees, Shelley Marie Bradley ("Appellee Bradley") and Dylan Thomas Brodie ("Appellee Brodie"), were each charged with Count 1: Intimidation of a Witness, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2013, § 455 ("Section 455") and Count 2: Conspiracy to…”
Sutton v. Dep't of Corr., 448 F. App'x 853 (10th Cir. 2011).
· cites it 3× “In 2004, Sutton was convicted by a jury of Witness Intimidation, in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 455 . Sutton was sentenced to one-year imprisonment with the last six months of the sentence suspended.”
Loveless v. Sifers, No. 5:24-cv-00696 (W.D. Okla. May 22, 2025).
“recommends dismissing the claim that Loveless was charged with a crime that does not exist— obtaining an application—because “[t]his is an untrue statement, as [Loveless] was charged with Intimidating a Witness, in violation of 21 O.S. § 455.” R. & R. at 8. As for Loveless’s…”
State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Kirk, 2014 OK 72.
· cites it 2× “Therein, Respondent has been charged with the following counts: (Count 1) Preventing Witness from Giving Testimony, a felony in violation of 21 O.S.Supp. 2013 § 455; (Counts 2-6) Offering to Engage in an Act of Lewdness, misdemeanors in violation of 21 O.”
State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Kirk, 2014 OK 51.
“CF-2014-2199, charging Respondent with unlawfully committing a crime in violation of 21 O.S. §455, Preventing Witness from Giving Testimony - A Felony by "willfully and feloniously attempting to prevent J.”
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 455(A): 3 cases
State v. Bradley State v. Brodie, 2018 OK CR 34, 434 P.3d 5.
“CF-2017-445 and CF-2017-446, the Appellees, Shelley Marie Bradley ("Appellee Bradley") and Dylan Thomas Brodie ("Appellee Brodie"), were each charged with Count 1: Intimidation of a Witness, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2013, § 455 (" Section 455") and Count 2: Conspiracy to…”
Darrow v. Integris Health, Inc., 2008 OK 1, 176 P.3d 1204.
“§ 1635 that deals with falsification of papers; the provisions of 21 O.S. § 455(A) that address prevention of witness testimony; and the terms of 63 O.”
State v. Bradley State v. Brodie, 2018 OK CR 34.
“CF-2017-445 and CF-2017-446, the Appellees, Shelley Marie Bradley ("Appellee Bradley") and Dylan Thomas Brodie ("Appellee Brodie"), were each charged with Count 1: Intimidation of a Witness, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2013, § 455 ("Section 455") and Count 2: Conspiracy to…”
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