Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-5-203: Court proceedings - Jurisdiction

A. 1. A child who is charged with having violated a state

statute or municipal ordinance other than as provided in Section 2-

5-205 of this title shall not be tried in a criminal action as an

adult or a youthful offender, but in a juvenile proceeding, unless

previously adjudicated as a youthful offender or sentenced as an

adult under the provisions of the Youthful Offender Act or certified

as an adult pursuant to Section 2-2-403 of this title.

2. When multiple offenses occur within the same course of

conduct within the same county and the person is prosecuted for at

least one offense as a youthful offender or as an adult pursuant to

subsection A, B, C, D, or E of Section 2-5-205 of this title, all

charges may be prosecuted under the same action pursuant to the

provisions of the Youthful Offender Act, if so ordered by the court.

The decision to join the cases shall not be appealable as a final

order. If the offense or offenses listed in subsection A, B, C, D,

or E of Section 2-5-205 of this title are subsequently dismissed for

any reason, or if a verdict of not guilty is returned, then any

remaining pending charges shall be transferred to the juvenile

court.

B. If, during the pendency of any action under the Youthful

Offender Act, it shall be ascertained that the person was a child at

the time of committing the alleged offense and had not reached the

age requirement for filing charges under subsection A, B, C, D, or E

of Section 2-5-205 of this title, the district court shall

immediately transfer the case, together with all the papers,

documents and testimony connected therewith, to the juvenile

division. The division making such transfer shall order the child

to be taken forthwith to the place of detention designated by the

juvenile division, to that division itself, or release such child to

the custody of some suitable person to be brought before the

juvenile division.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the

exercise of concurrent jurisdiction by another division of the

district court or by municipal courts in cases involving children

wherein the child is charged with the violation of a state or

municipal traffic law or ordinance.

D. 1. If a person commits an act which could have been charged

under subsection A, B, C, D, or E of Section 2-5-205 of this title

but, through no fault of the state, the crime was not reported or

did not become known to the district attorney or law enforcement

until the person reached eighteen (18) years of age, the person

shall be held accountable for his or her act as an adult and shall

not be subject to the provisions of the Youthful Offender Act or the

provisions of the Juvenile Code for certification as a juvenile.

2. In the event a person who is charged as a youthful offender

with a crime listed in subsection A, B, C, D, or E of Section 2-5-

205 of this title willfully and purposefully avoids arrest after

reasonable attempts by law enforcement to apprehend on his or her

warrant shall be prosecuted as an adult if apprehended after the

person turns eighteen (18) years of age.