Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63M > Chapter 7 > Part 4 - Sentencing Commission

• Adjudication: means an adjudication, as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102, of an offense under Section 80-6-701. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Adult sentencing and supervision length guidelines: means the guidelines established in Section Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Civil disability: means a legal right or privilege that is revoked as a result of the individual's conviction or adjudication. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Collateral consequence: means :
       (4)(a) a discretionary disqualification; or
       (4)(b) a mandatory sanction. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Conviction: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-38b-102. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
• Disadvantage: means any legal or regulatory restriction that:
       (6)(a) is imposed on an individual as a result of the individual's conviction or adjudication; and
       (6)(b) is not a civil disability or a legal penalty. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Discretionary disqualification: means a penalty, a civil disability, or a disadvantage that a court in a civil proceeding, or a federal, state, or local government agency or official, may impose on an individual as a result of the individual's adjudication or conviction for an offense regardless of whether the penalty, the civil disability, or the disadvantage is specifically designated as a penalty, a civil disability, or a disadvantage. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Intervention: means a program, sanction, supervision, or event that may impact recidivism. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Juvenile: means a minor as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Juvenile disposition guidelines: means the guidelines established in Section Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Mandatory sanction: means a penalty, a civil disability, or a disadvantage that:
       (10)(a) is imposed on an individual as a result of the individual's adjudication or conviction for an offense regardless of whether the penalty, the civil disability, or the disadvantage is specifically designated as a penalty, a civil disability, or a disadvantage; and
       (10)(b) is not included in the judgment for the adjudication or conviction. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Master offense list: means a document that contains all offenses that exist in statute and each offense's associated penalty. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Offense: means a felony, a misdemeanor, an infraction, or an adjudication under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Penalty: means an administrative, civil, or criminal sanction imposed to punish the individual for the individual's conviction or adjudication. See Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• 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.
• Recidivism: means a return to criminal activity after a previous criminal conviction. See Utah Code 63M-7-101.5
• Sentencing commission: means the sentencing commission created in Section Utah Code 63M-7-401.1
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5