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Title 77 - Utah Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 1 - Preliminary Provisions
Section 3 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 77-1-3 (2017)
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Effective 5/12/2015
77-1-3. Definitions.
For the purpose of this act:
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
77-1-3. Definitions.
For the purpose of this act:
- (1) "Criminal action" means the proceedings by which a person is charged, accused, and brought to trial for a public offense.
- (2) "Indictment" means an accusation in writing presented by a grand jury to the district court charging a person with a public offense.
- (3) "Information" means an accusation, in writing, charging a person with a public offense which is presented, signed, and filed in the office of the clerk where the prosecution is commenced pursuant to Section 77-2-1.1.
- (4) "Magistrate" means a justice or judge of a court of record or not of record or a commissioner of such a court appointed in accordance with Section 78A-5-107, except that the authority of a court commissioner to act as a magistrate shall be limited by rule of the judicial council. The judicial council rules shall not exceed constitutional limitations upon the delegation of judicial authority.
- (5) "Risk and needs assessment" means an actuarial tool validated on offenders that determines:
- (a) an individual's risk of reoffending; and
- (b) the criminal risk factors that, when addressed, reduce the individual's risk of reoffending.
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
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