Arizona Laws 13-3952. Compensation of court reporter appearing at preliminary hearing; fees for transcribing notes
When a regularly appointed court reporter appears and takes testimony at a preliminary hearing in a criminal proceeding, the reporter’s compensation shall be fixed by the magistrate before whom the examination is had. Such compensation shall not exceed the amount of fifteen dollars per day for each preliminary hearing actually attended upon such examination, and two dollars fifty cents per page for transcribing his notes, to be allowed and paid as other county charges. The reporter, when requested, shall furnish at county expense to the county attorney or the attorney general a copy of the transcript of testimony of any proceedings held in the justice court when the state or an instrumentality thereof is ordered to provide such transcripts by a federal court in a habeas corpus proceeding in the federal courts or when ordered by the Arizona supreme court to provide such transcripts in a habeas corpus proceeding in state court.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3952
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.