Indiana Code 11-13-1-6. Probation standards and practices advisory committee; establishment; membership
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Sec. 6. There is established within the judicial conference of Indiana a probation standards and practices advisory committee, consisting of the following ten (10) members, not more than five (5) of whom may be affiliated with the same political party:
(2) the commissioner or his designee;
(1) the chief justice of the supreme court or his designee, who shall serve as chairman of the committee;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 11-13-1-6
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
(3) one (1) judge of a circuit or superior court having criminal jurisdiction;
(4) one (1) judge of a county or municipal court having criminal jurisdiction;
(5) one (1) judge of a circuit or superior court having juvenile jurisdiction;
(6) one (1) supervising probation officer;
(7) two (2) probation officers, one (1) whose primary responsibility is adult supervision and one (1) whose primary responsibility is juvenile supervision; and
(8) two (2) lay persons.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.6. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.89, SEC.3.