2006 Utah Code - 77-27-1 — Definitions.

     77-27-1.   Definitions.
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Board" means the Board of Pardons and Parole.
     (2) "Commission" means the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
     (3) "Commutation" is the change from a greater to a lesser punishment after conviction.
     (4) "Department" means the Department of Corrections.
     (5) "Expiration" occurs when the maximum sentence has run.
     (6) "Family" means persons related to the victim as a spouse, child, sibling, parent, or grandparent, or the victim's legal guardian.
     (7) "Panel" means members of the board assigned by the chairperson to a particular case.
     (8) "Pardon" is an act of grace by an appropriate authority exempting a person from punishment for a crime.
     (9) "Parole" is a release from imprisonment on prescribed conditions which, if satisfactorily performed by the parolee, enables the parolee to obtain a termination of his sentence.
     (10) "Probation" is an act of grace by the court suspending the imposition or execution of a convicted offender's sentence upon prescribed conditions.
     (11) "Reprieve or respite" is the temporary suspension of the execution of the sentence.
     (12) "Termination" is the act of an appropriate authority discharging from parole or concluding the sentence of imprisonment prior to the expiration of the sentence.
     (13) "Victim" means:
     (a) a person against whom the defendant committed a felony or class A misdemeanor offense, and regarding which offense a hearing is held under this chapter; or
     (b) the victim's family, if the victim is deceased as a result of the offense for which a hearing is held under this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 100, 1996 General Session