It wasn’t until he talked with the trooper that was he able to confirm the speed was correct as written.

But, rather than facing just a speeding ticket, state prosecutors opted instead for a criminal felony charge of endangering others while eluding a police officer, records show.

Cannonie said he usually asks for jail time in these types of cases where a conviction occurs.

The driver, Cody Roy Tatum, 30, of Delaware, Oklahoma, was arrested days later on the warrant. He was sentenced to a five-year prison term with all but six months suspended after pleading no contest to charges, records show.

“This one ended with someone with a felony conviction serving time in Nowata County jail and ... one of the better outcomes that can happen because it could end in death for the person who is running,” Cannonie said. “It can end in death for someone who is pursuing, trying to do their job, or from just some normal, average, everyday person just going about their daily life.”

The case is among a computer data file of every ticket issued by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol between Jan. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2018. State Department of Public Safety officials provided the data file to the Tulsa World following a request under the state Open Records Act.