Arizona Laws 8-399. Victim conference with prosecuting attorney
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A. On request of the victim, the prosecuting attorney shall confer with the victim about the disposition of a delinquent offense, including the victim’s views about a decision not to proceed with prosecution, dismissal, withdrawal of a request for transfer, plea or disposition negotiations and, if a petition has been filed, preadjudication diversion programs.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-399
- Delinquent: means a child who is adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Petition: means a written statement of the essential facts that allege delinquency, incorrigibility or dependency. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- 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. On request of the victim, the prosecuting attorney shall confer with the victim before the commencement of an adjudication or transfer hearing.
C. The right of the victim to confer with the prosecuting attorney does not include the authority to direct the prosecution of the case.