§ 532.005 Chapters 532, 533 and 534 to apply to crimes outside provisions of the Penal Code
§ 532.007 Commonwealth’s sentencing policy
§ 532.010 Classification of offenses
§ 532.020 Designation of offenses
§ 532.025 Presentence hearings — Use of juvenile court records — Aggravating or mitigating circumstances — Instruction to jury
§ 532.030 Authorized dispositions — Generally — Instructions by judge
§ 532.031 Hate crimes — Finding — Effect — Definitions
§ 532.032 Restitution
§ 532.033 Order of restitution
§ 532.034 Restitution for financial loss resulting from theft of identity or trafficking in stolen identities
§ 532.040 Probation and conditional discharge
§ 532.043 Requirement of postincarceration supervision for certain felonies
§ 532.045 Persons prohibited from probation or postincarceration supervision — Procedure when probation or postincarceration supervision not prohibited
§ 532.047 Nonavailability of probation or suspension of sentence to violent offender — Exception
§ 532.050 Presentence procedure for felony conviction
§ 532.055 Verdicts and sentencing by jury in felony cases
§ 532.060 Sentence of imprisonment for felony — Postincarceration supervision
§ 532.070 Court modification of felony sentence
§ 532.075 Review of death sentence by Supreme Court
§ 532.080 Persistent felony offender sentencing
§ 532.090 Sentence of imprisonment for misdemeanor
§ 532.100 Place of imprisonment — Commitment when death sentence imposed – Housing for female state inmates — Transfer of prisoners when jail is over capacity — Reduction in per diem upon jailer’s refusal to transfer — Per diem increase for each day of pr
§ 532.110 Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment
§ 532.115 Concurrent sentencing with federal sentencing or another state’s felony sentencing
§ 532.120 Calculation of terms of imprisonment — Inmate’s right to challenge Department of Corrections
§ 532.130 Definitions for KRS 532.135 and 532.140
§ 532.135 Determination by court that defendant has a serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness
§ 532.140 Defendant with a serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness not subject to execution — Authorized sentences
§ 532.160 Criminal garnishment
§ 532.162 Order as lien upon earnings — Circuit clerk to disburse — Fee
§ 532.164 Lien on real property
§ 532.166 Transfer of property from garnishee
§ 532.168 Show cause hearing for failure to comply with criminal garnishment order
§ 532.200 Definitions for KRS 532.210 to 532.250
§ 532.210 Petition — Study of record — Order
§ 532.220 Conditions of home incarceration
§ 532.230 Ineligibility
§ 532.240 Responsibilities of persons held in home incarceration
§ 532.245 Credit for time spent in pretrial home incarceration
§ 532.250 Monthly list of incarcerees provided to local law enforcement agencies
§ 532.260 Home incarceration or conditional release for certain Class C or Class D felons — Eligibility — Consequence of violation — Administrative regulations
§ 532.262 Department to approve any acceptable housing for prisoners granted conditional release
§ 532.300 Prohibition against death sentence being sought or given on the basis of race — Procedures for dealing with claims
§ 532.305 Application of KRS 532.300
§ 532.309 Short title for KRS 532.300 to 532.309
§ 532.350 Definitions for chapter
§ 532.352 Reimbursement for costs of incarceration
§ 532.354 Copayment for medical treatment
§ 532.356 Reimbursement and restitution as additional sanctions — Ineligibility to operate motor vehicle upon conviction of certain theft, fraud, and organized crime offenses
§ 532.358 Prisoner to pay reimbursement and restitution
§ 532.400 Postincarceration supervision — Violation — Exclusions
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 532 - Classification and Designation of Offenses -- Authorized Disposition

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Capital offense: A crime punishable by death.
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Evidence-based practices: means policies, procedures, programs, and practices proven by scientific research to reliably produce reductions in recidivism when implemented competently. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Local government: means any county, urban-county, or charter county government. See Kentucky Statutes 532.350
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Presentence report: A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Reimbursement: means payment of expenses associated with incarceration, including but not limited to medical expenses, food, and lodging. See Kentucky Statutes 532.350
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Restitution: means any form of compensation paid by a convicted person to a victim for counseling, medical expenses, lost wages due to injury, or property damage and other expenses suffered by a victim because of a criminal act. See Kentucky Statutes 532.350
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Sinking fund: means the fund created and used by local governments to provide maintenance of jail facilities and capital construction. See Kentucky Statutes 532.350
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • 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.
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010