§ 16-25-710 Short title
§ 16-25-720 Establishment of interagency circuit-wide committees; protocols; membership of committees; confidential information; limitation in investigations; access to information
§ 16-25-730 Certain meetings closed to public; penalties
§ 16-25-740 Confidential information and records
§ 16-25-750 Recommendations
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 16 > Chapter 25 > Article 7 - Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committees

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.