Fort Smith woman arrested on Sequoyah County warrant issued October 8 on rape by instrumentation charge
An 18-year-old woman from Fort Smith faces a first-degree rape by instrumentation charge in Sequoyah County District Court after prosecutors filed a felony information on October 8, 2026.
Temperence Elizabeth McCormick was booked into the Sequoyah County Jail on October 14 at 10:16 a.m. following service of an arrest warrant issued the same day the case opened.
he case, State of Oklahoma versus McCormick, Temperence Elizabeth, , is assigned to Associate District Judge Kyle E. Waters. Arraignment is set for Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. No attorney has entered an appearance for the defendant as of the latest docket entries.
The charge falls under Oklahoma law as rape by instrumentation an act in which any inanimate object or any part of the human body other than the penis is used to penetrate the anus or vagina of another person without consent, provided that at least one of the aggravating circumstances listed in the general rape statute is also present.
Those circumstances can include force, threats of force, intoxication induced by the accused, unconsciousness of the victim, or mental incapacity. The statute treats rape by instrumentation as first degree in every instance, regardless of the ages of the parties or whether the act involves traditional intercourse.
Slight penetration is sufficient to complete the offense. Because the information is marked as a violent felony, the case carries the full weight of Oklahoma’s most serious non capital sex crime classifications.
Punishment sets the range for first-degree rape or rape by instrumentation at not less than five years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, up to life or life without parole.
A conviction further requires lifetime sex offender registration as a Level 3 offender, with address verification every 90 days, residency restrictions, and public registry listing. Post imprisonment supervision is mandatory for any sentence of two years or more that is not life or life without parole.
The docket shows on October 8, an affidavit was filed, along with the order to issue the warrant of arrest on information. The return of service confirming the warrant was served appears on October 14. .
Arresting officer Rebecca Greer and the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office are listed as the arresting agency.
