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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 641 (2026)

Assault defined

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An assault is any willful and unlawful attempt or offer with force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another. R.L. 1910 Sec. 2340.

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Cited in 38 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1952–2026 · leading case: Fairchild v. State, 1999 OK CR 49 (Okla. Crim. App. 2000).
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Fairchild v. State, 1999 OK CR 49 (Okla. Crim. App. 2000). · cites it 8× “By its clear meaning, it could not require a wish to injure, but may import only a wish to vex, or only a wish to annoy, or only a wish to injure. ¶ 38 It is helpful to look at the meaning of "willful" as it has been defined in the general intent crimes of "Assault" and…”
State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Faulk, 2021 OK 46 (Okla. 2021). · cites it 3× “"Assault" is defined in 21 O.S. § 641 as "any willful and unlawful attempt or offer with force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another.”
Quinn v. Young, 780 F.3d 998 (10th Cir. 2015). “3d at 1193 (quoting Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 641 ) (internal quotation marks omitted).”
Hagen v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 1-004, 2007 OK 19 (Okla. 2007). · cites it 2× “[2] See 21 O.S.2001, §§ 641, 642. [3] 70 O.S.2001, §§ 6-101.”
United States v. Taylor, 843 F.3d 1215 (10th Cir. 2016). “Oklahoma law defines an “assault” as “any willful and unlawful attempt or offer with force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another,” Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 641 , and a “battery” as “any willful and unlawful use of force or violence' upon the person of another,” Okla.”
United States v. Mitchell, 653 F. App'x 639 (10th Cir. 2016). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 641 (1998). Stated another way, using the Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions, the elements of the crime of conviction are: 1) a willful and unlawful attempt or offer to do a bodily hurt with force or violence; 2) upon another person; 3) with a dangerous…”
Burleson v. Saffle, 2002 OK CR 15 (Okla. Crim. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “[21] 21 O.S.1991, § 641. [22] 21 O.S.1991, § 642.”
United States v. Smith, 652 F.3d 1244 (10th Cir. 2011). “Oklahoma law defines assault as “any willful and unlawful attempt or offer with force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another,” Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 641 (2003), *1247 and battery as “any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.”
Epps v. State, 634 A.2d 20 (Md. 1993). · cites it 2× “224 (1987), and Oklahoma, see Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 21 §§ 641, 642, and 644 (1983, 1993 Cum.”
United States v. Alberto Garcia-Jimenez, 807 F.3d 1079 (9th Cir. 2015). “12; Okla. Stat. tit. 21, §§ 641 , 646; Or.Rev.”
United States v. Troy Brasby, 61 F.4th 127 (3rd Cir. 2023). “At step two, we determine the elements clearly agreed- upon between the Model Penal Code, learned treatises, and 75 Ariz. Rev. Stat.”
Locke v. State, 943 P.2d 1090 (Okla. Crim. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “[4] 21 O.S.1991, § 641. [5] 21 O.S.1991, § 642.”
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