Arizona Laws 8-392. Notice of postadjudication review and appellate proceedings
A. Within fifteen days after the disposition proceeding the prosecutor’s office, on request, shall notify the victim of the disposition imposed on the juvenile defendant.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-392
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Court: means the juvenile division of the superior court when exercising its jurisdiction over children in any proceeding relating to delinquency. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- juvenile: means an individual who is under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Postadjudication release: means release on probation, intensive probation, work furlough, community supervision or home detention, release on conditional liberty pursuant to section 41-2818 by the department of juvenile corrections or any other permanent, conditional or temporary release from confinement, discharge or completion of commitment by the department of juvenile corrections, a sheriff, a municipal jail, a juvenile detention center, a residential treatment facility or a secure mental health facility. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Victim: means a person against whom the delinquent act was committed, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused. See Arizona Laws 8-382
B. The prosecutor’s office shall provide the victim with a form that allows the victim to request postadjudication notice of all postadjudication review and appellate proceedings, all postadjudication release proceedings, all probation modification proceedings that impact the victim, all probation revocation or termination proceedings, all conditional liberty revocation proceedings or modifications to conditional liberty, any decisions that arise out of these proceedings, all releases and all escapes.
C. The prosecutor’s office shall advise the victim on how the completed request form may be filed with the appropriate agencies and departments.
D. On request of the victim, the prosecutor’s office that is responsible for handling any postadjudication or appellate proceedings shall notify the victim of the proceedings and any decisions that arise out of the proceedings.
E. The supreme court or court of appeals shall send a victim who requests notice pursuant to this section a copy of the memorandum decision or opinion from the issuing court concurrently with the parties. If the victim is represented by counsel, the notice shall be provided to the victim’s counsel.