Ohio Code 2930.10 – Minimizing contact between victim and defendant – separate waiting areas
(A) The court in which a criminal prosecution or delinquency proceeding is held shall make a reasonable effort to minimize any contact between the victim in the case, members of the victim’s family, the victim’s representative, or witnesses for the prosecution and the defendant or alleged juvenile offender in the case, members of the defendant‘s or alleged juvenile offender’s family, or witnesses for the defense before, during, and immediately after all court proceedings.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 2930.10
- Alleged juvenile offender: means a child who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act in a police report or in a complaint in juvenile court that charges the commission of a delinquent act and that provides the basis for the delinquency proceeding and all subsequent proceedings to which this chapter makes reference. See Ohio Code 2930.01
- Case: means a delinquency proceeding and all related activity or a criminal prosecution and all related activity. See Ohio Code 2930.01
- Court: means a court of common pleas, juvenile court, municipal court, or county court. See Ohio Code 2930.01
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Defendant: means a person who is alleged to be the perpetrator of a criminal offense in a complaint, indictment, or information that charges the commission of a criminal offense and that provides the basis for the criminal prosecution and subsequent proceedings to which this chapter makes reference. See Ohio Code 2930.01
- defense: means the defense against criminal charges in a criminal prosecution or the defense against a delinquent child complaint in a delinquency proceeding. See Ohio Code 2930.01
- Delinquency proceeding: means all proceedings in a juvenile court that are related to a case in which a complaint has been filed alleging that a child is a delinquent child. See Ohio Code 2930.01
- prosecution: means the prosecution of criminal charges in a criminal prosecution or the prosecution of a delinquent child complaint in a delinquency proceeding. See Ohio Code 2930.01
(B) The court shall provide a waiting area for the victim, members of the victim’s family, the victim’s representative, or witnesses for the prosecution that is separate from the waiting area provided for the defendant or alleged juvenile offender, members of the defendant’s or alleged juvenile offender’s family, and defense witnesses if a separate waiting area is available and the use of the area is practical.