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Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-719: Persons held as material witnesses to be informed of

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Whenever any person shall be taken into custody by any law

enforcement officer to be held as a material witness in any criminal

investigation or proceeding, he shall, if not sooner released, be

taken before a judge of the district court without unnecessary delay

and said judge of the district court shall immediately inform him of

his constitutional rights including the reason he is being held in

custody, his right to the aid of counsel in every stage of the

proceedings, and of his right to be released from custody upon

entering into a written undertaking in the manner provided by law. A

witness who is held in custody pursuant to the provisions hereof

shall be kept separately and apart from any person, or persons,

being held in custody because of being accused of committing a

crime. A witness who desires aid of counsel and is unable to obtain

aid of counsel by reason of poverty shall be by the court provided

counsel at the expense of the court fund of the county. During the

time a witness is in custody he shall receive the witness fee

provided by law for witnesses in criminal cases.

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