{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-711","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-711","heading":"Manslaughter in the first degree defined","body":"Homicide, a Class A2 felony offense, is manslaughter in the\n\nfirst degree in the following cases:\n\n1. When perpetrated without a design to effect death by a\n\nperson while engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor;\n\n2. When perpetrated without a design to effect death, and in a\n\nheat of passion, but in a cruel and unusual manner, or by means of a\n\ndangerous weapon; unless it is committed under such circumstances as\n\nconstitute excusable or justifiable homicide;\n\n3. When perpetrated unnecessarily either while resisting an\n\nattempt by the person killed to commit a crime, or after such\n\nattempt shall have failed.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0506ba9f9a06b96f8cf007fe48ae2365f8936e0d1486f692071220000a6ba96d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-705","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}