Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 22 > Part 9 - Indigent Appellate Defense Division

• 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.
• Appellate defense services: means the representation of an indigent individual:

  (i)	described in Subsection 78B-22-201(1)(d) or who is party to an appeal under Section 77-18a-1;

  (ii)	in an action or on appeal for postconviction relief under Chapter 9, Postconviction Remedies Act; or

  (iii)

  in an appeal of right from an action for the termination or restoration of parental rights under 1, Title 80, Chapter 3, Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings, or Title 80, Chapter 4, Termination and Restoration of Parental Rights. See Utah Code 78B-22-901 Commission: means the Utah Indigent Defense Commission created in Section 78B-22-401. See Utah Code 78B-22-102 Division: means the Indigent Appellate Defense Division created in Section 78B-22-902. See Utah Code 78B-22-901 Executive Director: means the executive director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services, created in Section 78B-22-451, who is appointed in accordance with Section 78B-22-453. See Utah Code 78B-22-102 Indigent defense services: means : (a)  the representation of an indigent individual by an indigent defense service provider; and (b)  the provision of indigent defense resources for an indigent individual. See Utah Code 78B-22-102 Indigent defense system: means : (a)  a city or town that is responsible for providing indigent defense services; (b)  a county that is responsible for providing indigent defense services in the district court, juvenile court, and the county's justice courts; or (c)  an interlocal entity, created pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, that is responsible for providing indigent defense services according to the terms of an agreement between a county, city, or town. See Utah Code 78B-22-102 Indigent individual: means : (a)  a minor who is: (i)  arrested and admitted into detention for an offense under Section 78A-6-103; (ii)  charged by petition or information in the juvenile or district court; or (iii)  described in this Subsection (10)(a), who is appealing an adjudication or other final court action; and (b)  an individual listed in Subsection 78B-22-201(1) who is found indigent pursuant to Section 78B-22-202. See Utah Code 78B-22-102 Office: means the Office of Indigent Defense Services created in Section 78B-22-451. See Utah Code 78B-22-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5