Arizona Laws 8-414. Speedy adjudication; continuance; notice
A. In any delinquency proceeding, the court, prosecutor and law enforcement officials shall take appropriate action to ensure a speedy adjudication for the victim.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-414
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- 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
- Delinquency proceeding: means any hearing, argument or other matter that is scheduled or held by a juvenile court judge, commissioner or hearing officer and that relates to an alleged or adjudicated delinquent offense. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- 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
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. The prosecutor shall make reasonable efforts to notify a victim of any request for a continuance, except that if the victim is represented by counsel who has filed a notice of appearance, the court, if the request for a continuance is in writing, shall make reasonable efforts to notify the victim’s counsel in the same manner in which a party is notified.
C. In any delinquency proceeding in which a continuance is requested, the court shall consider the victim’s views and the victim’s right to a speedy adjudication. If a continuance is granted, the court shall state on the record the reason for the continuance.