OSCN Found Document:Aggravated Assault and Battery Defined
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
    Chapter 20 - Assault and Battery
        Section 646 - Aggravated Assault and Battery Defined
Cite as: 21 O.S. § 646 (OSCN 2026)


A. An assault and battery becomes aggravated when committed under any of the following circumstances:

1. When great bodily injury is inflicted upon the person assaulted; or

2. When committed by a person of robust health or strength upon one who is aged, decrepit, or incapacitated, as defined in Section 641 of this title.

B. For purposes of this section "great bodily injury" means bone fracture, protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of a body part, organ or mental faculty, or substantial risk of death.

Historical Data


Laws 1951, SB 51, p. 59, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951; Amended by Laws 1957, SB 293, p. 161, § 2, emerg. eff. June 1, 1957; Amended by Laws 1989, SB 141, c. 197, § 10, eff. November 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1536, c. 460, § 6, eff. November 1, 2002.

Citationizer� Summary of Documents Citing This Document
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Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Cases
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 1989 OK CR 21, 774 P.2d 476, HOLT v. STATECited
 1977 OK CR 155, 562 P.2d 1177, STATE v. MADDENDiscussed at Length
 1993 OK CR 33, 857 P.2d 802, GRASSO v. STATECited
 1979 OK CR 19, 591 P.2d 324, SANKADOTA v. STATECited
 1979 OK CR 82, 599 P.2d 411, JAMES v. STATECited
 2006 OK CR 26, 147 P.3d 1145, IN RE: ADOPTION OF THE 2006 REVISIONS TO THE OKLAHOMA UNIFORM JURY INSTRUCTIONSCited
 2019 OK CR 3, 438 P.3d 373, THOMPSON v. STATECited
 2019 OK CR 6, 442 P.3d 158, STEWART v. STATECited
 1955 OK CR 37, 282 P.2d 772, MINNIX v. STATEDiscussed
 1957 OK CR 34, 309 P.2d 1096, HALL v. STATEDiscussed at Length
 1960 OK CR 6, 354 P.2d 466, DAVIS v. STATECited
 1960 OK CR 45, 352 P.2d 931, HERRINGTON v. STATEDiscussed
 1961 OK CR 46, 361 P.2d 506, COX v. STATECited
 1980 OK CR 44, 611 P.2d 278, PORTER v. STATECited
 1964 OK CR 53, 392 P.2d 501, RYANS v. STATECited
 1982 OK CR 75, 646 P.2d 1, BEASLEY v. STATECited
 1982 OK CR 76, 646 P.2d 611, MARSHALL v. STATEDiscussed
 1971 OK CR 210, 485 P.2d 474, QUINN v. STATEDiscussed
 1985 OK CR 26, 696 P.2d 501, KOONCE v. STATECited
 1985 OK CR 156, 711 P.2d 109, MORRIS v. STATEDiscussed
 1985 OK CR 160, 711 P.2d 937, CLANTON v. STATECited
 1986 OK CR 30, 715 P.2d 1105, POST v. STATECited
 1976 OK CR 115, 550 P.2d 575, WISHON v. STATECited
 1976 OK CR 260, 562 P.2d 148, JOHNSON v. STATECited
Oklahoma Supreme Court Cases
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 2009 OK 86, 222 P.3d 966, COLLIER v. REESECited
 2025 OK 66, 579 P.3d 617, STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel OBA v. ZAHLCited
Oklahoma Jury Instructions- Criminal
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 Assault or Battery Upon Police Officer - ElementsCited
 Aggravated, Aged or Decrepit Victim - ElementsCited
Oklahoma Session Laws - 2002
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 2002 O.S.L. 460, 2002 O.S.L. 460, Criminal procedure; deleting requirement of residency for assistant district attorneys; providing for setting of compensation; defining life imprisonment and life without parole; seizure and forfeiture; expanding authority to seize items; removing conduct for embezzlement that would be criminal offense; modifying definitions of crimes. Effective date.Discussed
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
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 21 O.S. 13.1, Required Service of Minimum Percentage of Sentence - Offenses SpecifiedCited
 21 O.S. 282, Entry into Restricted Area - Disruptive Conduct - Obstruction - Acts of Physical Violence - Penalty - ProsecutionCited
 21 O.S. 20J, Class B5 Criminal Offenses - PunishmentCited
 21 O.S. 650.7, Assault on Employee by Parent or StudentCited
 21 O.S. 856, Delinquent Minor - Contributing to DelinquencyCited
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
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 47 O.S. 752, Procedure for Blood Tests - Authorization - Liability for Withdrawal - ReportsCited
Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories
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 57 O.S. 571, DefinitionsCited
Title 70. Schools
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 70 O.S. 5-146, Reporting Assault and Battery of School EmployeesCited
Citationizer: Table of Authority
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Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
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 21 O.S. 641, Definition of AssaultCited