Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 9102 – Definitions
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) “Board” shall mean the Violent Crimes Compensation Board, as established by this title.
(2) “Person convicted of a crime” shall mean any person convicted of a crime in this State either by entry of a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, a “Robinson plea” or by conviction after trial as well as a person found not guilty as a result of the defense of mental disease or defect pursuant to this title.
(3) “Victim” shall mean a person who suffers personal, physical, mental or emotional injury, or pecuniary loss, as a direct result of the commission of a crime enumerated in Chapter 5 of this title.
64 Del. Laws, c. 169, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 260, § ?1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 394, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 9102
- Board: shall mean the Violent Crimes Compensation Board, as established by this title. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 9102
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Person convicted of a crime: shall mean any person convicted of a crime in this State either by entry of a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, a "Robinson plea" or by conviction after trial as well as a person found not guilty as a result of the defense of mental disease or defect pursuant to this title. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 9102
- 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.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.