Kansas Statutes > Chapter 22 > Article 47 – Criminal History Record Information
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- Acquittal:
- Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
- A verdict of "not guilty."
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Central repository: means the criminal justice information system central repository created by this act and the juvenile offender information system created pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Criminal history record information: means all data initiated or collected by a criminal justice agency on a person pertaining to a reportable event, and any supporting documentation. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Criminal justice agency: means any government agency or subdivision of any such agency which is authorized by law to exercise the power of arrest, detention, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged or convicted of a crime and which allocates a substantial portion of its annual budget to any of these functions. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Criminal justice information system: means the equipment, including computer hardware and software, facilities, procedures, agreements and personnel used in the collection, processing, preservation and dissemination of criminal history record information and any electronically stored information from a state agency or municipality. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Director: means the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Disseminate: means to transmit criminal history record information in any oral or written form. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Electronically stored information: means any documents or writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, sound recordings, images and other data or data compilations stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after translation from a state agency or municipality into a reasonably useable form. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- 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.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Reportable event: means an event specified or provided for in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.