{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-996.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-996.3","heading":"Powers of court - Specialized offender accountability","body":"plan - Objection and hearing - Effect of court order - Probation or\n\nconfinement.\n\nA. Upon a verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty or nolo\n\ncontendere of an offender, the court shall delay sentencing for a\n\nperiod not less than one hundred eighty (180) days nor more than one\n\n(1) year after the plea of guilty or finding of guilt is entered and\n\norder the offender to the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young\n\nAdults under the custody of the Department of Corrections. For\n\npurposes of the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults, the\n\nterm \"custody\" shall include probation or confinement during the\n\nterm of the Program. The court may initially commit the offender\n\nfor either probation or confinement pending the completion of the\n\nDelayed Sentencing Program.\n\nAfter the completion of the Program the court shall:\n\n1. Defer judgment pursuant to the provisions of Section 991c of\n\nthis title;\n\n2. Sentence the offender to any sentence provided by law in the\n\ncustody of the Department of Corrections;\n\n3. Suspend the execution of sentence pursuant to Section 991a\n\nof this title. In addition to other conditions of probation allowed\n\nby statute, the court may include special conditions of probation as\n\nset forth in the plan provided to the court if sentencing is\n\ndeferred or if all or part of the sentence is suspended;\n\n4. Sentence the offender to community sentencing; or\n\n5. Dismiss the criminal charges and proceedings.\n\nB. Within ninety (90) days after the offender is committed to\n\nthe Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults, the Department of\n\nCorrections shall prepare and file with the court clerk a\n\nspecialized offender accountability plan for the offender which\n\nshall comply with and be in lieu of the presentence investigation\n\nprovided for in Section 982 of this title. The plan shall include\n\ninformation, evaluations, and data directed by the sentencing court,\n\nand may include, but not be limited to, the investigation report of\n\nprobation officers, an assessment of security risks and offender\n\nneeds and a recommended specific course of action, including, where\n\napplicable, psychological counseling, psychiatric treatment, medical\n\ntreatment, education or vocational training, work, restitution, and\n\nsuch other programs, which will offer the best opportunity for\n\nrehabilitation of the offender. If the plan recommends confinement,\n\nthe plan shall state specifically the type of confinement that the\n\nDepartment of Corrections proposes to utilize and the amount of time\n\nthe offender will spend in that confinement, including but not\n\nlimited to boot camp, substance abuse treatment, and vocational or\n\neducational placement.\n\nUpon filing the plan, copies shall be provided by the Department\n\nof Corrections to the district attorney, the offender, the\n\noffender's attorney, and the court. If the district attorney, the\n\noffender or the offender's attorney objects to the plan, the\n\nobjecting party may file a written objection with the court within\n\nten (10) days of the receipt of the plan. Upon the filing of any\n\nobjection, the court shall conduct a hearing within ten (10) days of\n\nthe filing of the objection and decide a plan of action for the\n\noffender under the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults or\n\nsentence the offender as otherwise provided by law.\n\nC. An order by the court placing an offender in the Delayed\n\nSentencing Program for Young Adults shall be accepted by the\n\nDepartment of Corrections as a commitment to the custody of the\n\nDepartment pursuant to the provisions of Section 521 of Title 57 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes, for the sole purpose of committing an\n\noffender for assessment and evaluation and complying with the\n\naccountability plan.\n\nD. If no objection has been made to the plan, the offender\n\nshall remain in the custody of the Department either under probation\n\nor confinement to comply with the terms and conditions of the plan.\nrsuant to the provisions of Section 521 of Title 57 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes, for the sole purpose of committing an\n\noffender for assessment and evaluation and complying with the\n\naccountability plan.\n\nD. If no objection has been made to the plan, the offender\n\nshall remain in the custody of the Department either under probation\n\nor confinement to comply with the terms and conditions of the plan.\n\nThe offender may be housed either in a minimum or medium security\n\nfacility, halfway house, community corrections facility, or any\n\ncombination as needed to comply with the plan and meet offender\n\ncriminogenic needs. Upon completion of the program, the Department\n\nshall notify the Sheriff of the county from where the order by the\n\ncourt placing an offender in the Delayed Sentencing Program for\n\nYoung Adults was filed and the Sheriff shall take custody of the\n\noffender.\n\nE. Any offender previously admitted to the Delayed Sentencing\n\nProgram for Young Adults shall be ineligible for the Delayed\n\nSentencing Program for Young Adults for subsequent offenses.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ac4ca9f081c3dd4af567a1e0da76b5d35366297664c241c888e7f7c8fa63a0b6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-996.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-23-23-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}