Utah Code 39A-3-111. Military court — Concurrent prosecutorial jurisdiction with county or district attorney
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(1) The county attorney or district attorney, as appropriate under Sections 17-18a-202 and 17-18a-203, of the county where an offense under the Utah Code of Military Justice is committed has concurrent jurisdiction with a military court to prosecute the accused individual at the expense of the county.
Terms Used In Utah Code 39A-3-111
- 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.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:(42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or(42)(b)(42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and(42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(2) Charges regarding the offense may not be filed in a military court until the appropriate county attorney or district attorney has reviewed and declined to prosecute the offense.