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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-33-9-6

  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
   Sec. 6. Where a penalty in a criminal case is a fine only, the defendant may have a stay of execution on appeal as provided by law.

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.2.