Utah Code 17-18a-203.5. District attorney data collection — Report
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(1) In this section, “prosecution personnel” means:
Terms Used In Utah Code 17-18a-203.5
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- 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.
- Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
- Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1)(a) investigators;
(1)(b) prosecutors;
(1)(c) support staff; or
(1)(d) other individuals paid for their work on the case.
(2) The district attorney in a county of the first class shall:
(2)(a) track the time spent by prosecution personnel on each criminal case, calculated in quarter of an hour increments, by the offense classification; and
(2)(b) provide a written report to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee by November 1, annually.
(3) The annual report required in Subsection (2)(b) shall include the following information, organized by the offense classification, for the cases that were active during the reporting period:
(3)(a) the total number of hours, calculated in quarter of an hour increments, worked on the cases by prosecution personnel;
(3)(b) the average amount of taxpayer dollars spent per case, as calculated by the hours worked and the salary of the prosecution personnel who worked on the case;
(3)(c) the cumulative total hours worked and the number of cases, categorized by the following:
(3)(c)(i) cases that were dismissed prior to the filing of charges;
(3)(c)(ii) cases that were dismissed after charges were filed;
(3)(c)(iii) cases in which a plea agreement was reached by the parties prior to the preliminary hearing;
(3)(c)(iv) cases that were dismissed by the court after the preliminary hearing;
(3)(c)(v) cases in which a plea agreement was reached by the parties after the preliminary hearing;
(3)(c)(vi) cases that resulted in a court ruling in favor of the state; and
(3)(c)(vii) cases that resulted in a court ruling in favor of the defense;
(3)(d) the average number of days between:
(3)(d)(i) the filing of criminal charges; and
(3)(d)(ii)
(3)(d)(ii)(A) the delivery of discovery information, including witness statements;
(3)(d)(ii)(B) the preliminary hearing; or
(3)(d)(ii)(C) the first day of trial; and
(3)(e) the average number of attorneys assigned to each case.