Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-177

• Confidential information: means information protected as privileged under applicable law. See Nebraska Statutes 38-177
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Conviction: means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere or non vult contendere made to a formal criminal charge or a judicial finding of guilt irrespective of the pronouncement of judgment or the suspension thereof and includes instances in which the imposition or the execution of sentence is suspended following a judicial finding of guilt and the defendant is placed on probation. See Nebraska Statutes 38-177
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• 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.
• Pattern of incompetent or negligent conduct: means a continued course of incompetent or negligent conduct in performing the duties of the profession. See Nebraska Statutes 38-177
• 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.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Profession: means any profession or occupation named in subsection (1) or (2) of section Nebraska Statutes 38-119
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.