Rule 1.4. Definitions
Arizona Revised Statutes AnnotatedRules of Criminal ProcedureEffective: July 1, 2023
Effective: July 1, 2023
16A A.R.S. Rules Crim.Proc., Rule 1.4
Rule 1.4. Definitions
(a) The Defendant. “The defendant” is a person named as such in a complaint, indictment, or information. “The defendant” as used in these rules includes an arrested person who at the time of arrest is not named in a charging document. “The defendant” in the context of certain rules includes the attorney who represents the defendant.
(c) Magistrate. “Magistrate” means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace, and judges of a municipal court.
(1) For the Superior Court. The superior court presiding judge is the county's presiding judge. In a county that has only one superior court judge, that judge is the presiding judge. In other counties, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court designates the presiding judge, who may appoint other judges to carry out one or more of the presiding judge's duties.
(v) Victims' Rights. “Victim” means a person against whom the criminal offense has been committed, including a minor, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused.
Credits
Added Aug. 31, 2017, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Amended Dec. 8, 2022, effective July 1, 2023.
16A A. R. S. Rules Crim. Proc., Rule 1.4, AZ ST RCRP Rule 1.4
State Court Rules are current with amendments received through May 15, 2024. The Code of Judicial Administration is current with amendments received through May 15, 2024.
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