Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-5-102

  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
     All questions of fact, where the trial is by jury, other than those mentioned in Section 78B-5-103, are to be decided by the jury, and all evidence is to be addressed to them, except when otherwise provided.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session