Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-857: Jury after the charge

After hearing the charge, the jury may either decide in court,

or may retire for deliberation. If they do not agree without

retiring, one or more officers must be sworn to keep them together

in some private and convenient place, and not to permit any person

to speak to or communicate with them, nor do so themselves, unless

it be by order of the court, or to ask them whether they have agreed

upon a verdict, and to return them into court when they have so

agreed, or when ordered by the court.

R.L. 1910, § 5906. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 17, eff. July 1,

1999; Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 13, emerg. eff. June 19,

1998; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 8, eff. July 1, 1999.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 17 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.