§ 20-33. Districts - Nomination, appointment and retention of Judges.

The state is hereby divided into five (5) Court of Criminal Appeals judicial districts.  From each of said districts candidates for Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be nominated and appointed in the manner provided by Article VII-B of the Oklahoma Constitution.  All Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals may seek retention in office pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of Article VII-B of the Oklahoma Constitution and each Judge shall be voted for by the qualified voters of the state at large.

The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 1 shall embrace and include the following counties:  Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa, and Wagoner.

The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 2 shall embrace and include the following counties:  Adair, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Muskogee, Noble, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, and Washington.

The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 3 shall embrace and include the following counties:  Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Choctaw, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, Leflore, Love, Marshall, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Stephens.

The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 4 shall embrace and include the following counties:  Canadian and Oklahoma.

The Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial District No. 5 shall embrace and include Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods, and Woodward.

R.L. 1910, § 1761.  Amended by Laws 1935, p. 28, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1935; Laws 1987, c. 185, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.