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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-644.1: Domestic abuse with a prior pattern of physical abuse

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A. Any person who commits domestic abuse, as defined by

subsection C of Section 644 of this title, and has a prior pattern

of physical abuse shall be guilty of a Class B3 felony offense, upon

conviction, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the

Department of Corrections for a term of not more than ten (10) years

or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

B. For purposes of this section, "prior pattern of physical

abuse" means two or more separate incidences, including the current

incident, occurring on different days and each incident relates to

an act constituting assault and battery or domestic abuse committed

by the defendant against a current or former spouse, a present

spouse of a former spouse, parents, a foster parent, a child, a

person otherwise related by blood or marriage, a person with whom

the defendant is in a dating relationship, an individual with whom

the defendant has had a child, a person who formerly lived in the

same household as the defendant, a person living in the same

household as the defendant, a current intimate partner or former

intimate partner, or any combination of such persons, where proof of

each incident prior to the present incident is established by the

sworn testimony of a third party who was a witness to the alleged

physical abuse or by other admissible direct evidence that is

independent of the testimony of the victim.

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