Arizona Laws 13-4411. Notice of post-conviction review and appellate proceedings
A. Within fifteen days after sentencing the prosecutor’s office shall, on request, notify the victim of the sentence imposed on the defendant.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-4411
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Court: means all state, county and municipal courts in this state. See Arizona Laws 13-4401
- Post-conviction release: means parole, work furlough, community supervision, probation if the court waived community supervision pursuant to section 13-603, home arrest or any other permanent, conditional or temporary discharge from confinement in the custody of the state department of corrections or a sheriff or from confinement in a municipal jail or a secure mental health facility. See Arizona Laws 13-4401
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Victim: means a person against whom the criminal offense has been committed, including a minor, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused. See Arizona Laws 13-4401
B. The prosecutor’s office shall provide the victim with a form that allows the victim to request post-conviction notice of all post-conviction review and appellate proceedings, all post-conviction release proceedings, all probation modification proceedings that impact the victim, all probation revocation or termination proceedings, any decisions that arise out of these proceedings, all releases and all escapes.
C. The prosecutor’s office shall advise the victim on how the completed request form may be filed with the appropriate agencies and departments.
D. On request of the victim, the prosecutor’s office that is responsible for handling any post-conviction or appellate proceedings immediately shall notify the victim of the proceedings and any decisions that arise out of the proceedings.
E. Beginning December 1, 2007, the supreme court or court of appeals shall send a victim who requests notice pursuant to this section a copy of the memorandum decision or opinion from the issuing court concurrently with the parties. If the victim is represented by counsel, the notice shall be provided to the victim’s counsel.