Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1167: Finding of insanity - Suspension of trial or judgment -

Commitment to state hospital.

If the jury finds the defendant presently insane, the trial or

judgment must be suspended until he becomes sane, and if the jury

deem his discharge dangerous to the public peace or safety, the

court shall order that the defendant be committed to one of the

state hospitals for the mentally ill, and to be held therein and

kept as a patient and inmate, until he be discharged and released as

presently sane by the authority of the superintendent of said

hospital. A release by the superintendent of said hospital shall be

to the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the criminal

case theretofore suspended is or was pending and from which he was

committed. The court having jurisdiction thereof shall set the

cause for trial.