| APPELLATE COURT STANDARDS OF REVIEW |
| There are several standards that an appellate court uses in reviewing a defendant's conviction or sentence in a criminal case. These standards of review include certain legal presumptions, judicial notice, the law of the case doctrine, the sufficiency of the evidence, reversible error, harmless error, and fundamental error. More... |
| PERJURY |
| A person commits the offense of perjury when he or she, with the intent to deceive and with the knowledge of a statement's meaning, makes a false statement under oath or swears to the truth of a false statement that was previously made, which statement was required or authorized to be made under oath.More... |
| A DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO COMPULSORY PROCESS |
| A defendant who is charged with a criminal offense has the right to compulsory process under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The right to compulsory process means the right to obtain witnesses in the defendant's favor, which witnesses are physically and mentally capable of testifying regarding events that they personally observed. More... |
| PROBATION |
| Probation is a type of sentencing by which a trial court suspends the imposition of imprisonment and releases a defendant into the community based upon certain conditions. Probation is an alternative to imprisonment. Probation is similar to parole because it grants freedom from incarceration. More... |
| CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD ABUSE |
| A person commits the offense of credit card or debit card abuse when he or she presents a credit card or a debit card knowing that the card was not issued to him or her or that the card had expired or was revoked, uses a fictitious credit card or debit card with the intent to obtain a benefit, steals a credit card or a debit card knowing that it was stolen, buys a credit card or a debit card knowing that the person who is selling the card is not the cardholder, sells a credit card or a debit card without being the issuer, or signs or uses another person's credit card or debit card without the other person's consent. The offense may also be committed by possessing a credit card or a debit card that has not been issued to the person.More... |
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