Terms Used In Utah Code 77-40a-203

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• 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.
• Automatic expungement: means the expungement of records of an investigation, arrest, detention, or conviction of an offense without the filing of a petition. See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• Clean slate eligible case: includes a case:
            (7)(b)(i) that is dismissed as a result of a successful completion of a plea in abeyance agreement governed by Subsection 77-2a-3(2)(b) if:

                 (7)(b)(i)(A) except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), each charge within the case is a misdemeanor for possession of a controlled substance in violation of Subsection 58-37-8(2)(a)(i), a class B or class C misdemeanor, or an infraction;

                 (7)(b)(i)(B) the individual involved meets the requirements of Subsection (7)(a)(ii); and

                 (7)(b)(i)(C) the time periods described in Subsections (7)(a)(iii)(A) through (C) have elapsed from the day on which the case is dismissed; or
            (7)(b)(ii) where charges are dismissed without prejudice if each conviction, or charge that was dismissed, in the case would otherwise meet the requirements under Subsection (7)(a) or (b)(i). See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• Court: means a district court or a justice court. See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Expunge: means to seal or otherwise restrict access to the individual's record held by an agency when the record includes a criminal investigation, detention, arrest, or conviction. See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• 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.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Traffic offense: means , except as provided in Subsection (21)(b):
            (21)(a)(i) an infraction, a class B misdemeanor offense, or a class C misdemeanor offense under Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic Code;
            (21)(a)(ii) an infraction, a class B misdemeanor offense, or a class C misdemeanor offense under Title 53, Chapter 3, Part 2, Driver Licensing Act;
            (21)(a)(iii) an infraction, a class B misdemeanor offense, or a class C misdemeanor offense under Title 73, Chapter 18, State Boating Act; and
            (21)(a)(iv) all local ordinances that are substantially similar to an offense listed in Subsections (21)(a)(i) through (iii). See Utah Code 77-40a-101
• Traffic offense case: means that each offense in the case is a traffic offense. See Utah Code 77-40a-101