A. Postponement. Before trial commences, either party, upon good cause shown, may obtain a reasonable postponement thereof.
B. Personal presence or representation. The defendant must be present in person at the trial or be represented by counsel if permitted by the judge.
C. Applicable procedures. In all trials, as to matters not covered in this article, or by the statutes relating to municipal courts, or by rules duly promulgated by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the procedure applicable in trials of misdemeanors in the district courts shall apply to the extent that they can be made effective.
D. Judgment and penalty. If the defendant pleads guilty or is convicted after the court must render judgment thereon, fixing the penalty within the limits prescribed by the applicable ordinance and imposing sentence accordingly.
E. Judgment rendered immediately. At the close of trial, judgment must be rendered immediately by the judge who shall cause it to be entered in his docket.
F. Discharge upon acquittal. If judgment is of acquittal, and the defendant is not to be detained for any other legal cause, he must be discharged at once.
G. Enforcement of payment on defendants of means. If a defendant who is financially able refuses or neglects to pay a fine or court costs or both, payment may be enforced:
1. By imprisonment in the McClain County Jail until same shall be satisfied at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per day; and
2. In addition to the sum set forth in subsection of this section, if the court requires the defendant to pay the City's costs of his incarceration after the court's determination that such payment would not impose a manifest hardship on the defendant and would not require the loss of property of the defendant that is needed for the maintenance and support of his immediate family, the defendant shall pay such costs of twenty-seven dollars ($27.00) per day, which is subject to change, and when changed, the amount paid by a defendant shall change in accordance therewith; or
3. In the same manner as in subsection (H) of this section for a defendant who is without means to make such payment.
H. Enforcement of payment on defendants without means. If the defendant is without means to pay the fine or costs, the Municipal Judge may direct the total amount due to be entered upon the court minutes and to be certified to the district court in this County, where it shall be entered upon the district court judgment docket and shall have the full force and effect of a district court judgment. Thereupon the same remedies shall be available for the enforcement of the judgment as are available to any other judgment creditor.
I. Determination of financial ability. The determination of whether or not a person is financially able to pay a fine or court costs shall be made by the Municipal Judge and may be made at any time before or after judgment and sentence is imposed.
(Code 1991, § 6-12B; Ord. No. 97-12, §§ 1-3, 1-5-1997)