Cite as: 22 CNCA § 702

Except as otherwise provided in this and the following chapter, the rules of evidence in civil cases pursuant to the Oklahoma Evidence Code, 12 O.S. § 2101 et seq., are applicable also in criminal cases; Provided, however, that neither husband nor wife shall in any case be a witness against the other except in a criminal prosecution for a crime committed one against the other, or except in a criminal prosecution against either the husband or wife, or both, for a crime committed by either, or both, against the minor children of either the husband or the wife, but they may in all criminal cases be witnesses for each other, and shall be subject to cross-examination as other witnesses, and shall in no event on a criminal trial be permitted to disclose communications made by one to the other except on a trial of an offense committed by one against the other or except on a trial of a crime committed by one, or both, against the minor children of either the husband or the wife.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990.