Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 67 > Chapter 30 - Criminal History Records and Crime Information

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Administration of criminal justice: means performance of any of the following activities: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Bureau: means the bureau of criminal identification in the Idaho state police. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Court: means any court created by the constitution and laws of the state of Idaho; and clerks of the district court. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Criminal history records: means physical and automated information on individuals collected and maintained by the Idaho state police as a result of arrest or the initiation of a criminal proceeding by felony summons or information. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Criminal justice agency: means a governmental agency or subdivision of a government entity that performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute, and that allocates a substantial portion of its budget to the administration of criminal justice. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Idaho state police. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Director: means the director of the Idaho state police. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Disposition: means the formal or informal conclusion of a criminal proceeding at whatever stage it occurs in the criminal justice system. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• 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.
• Fingerprints: means the fingerprint impressions submitted to and compiled by the bureau, in a manual or automated form, pursuant to section 67-3004, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• 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.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Pecuniary benefit: means any benefit to a person or member of his household in the form of money, property or commercial interests, the primary significance of which is economic gain. See Idaho Code 67-3001
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;