Walk It Through: The Victim And The Trial
Notice of a victim's rights, compensation for the injury, an interpreter, and a question about fitness.
After an assault, police take a report from the person who was hurt.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One assault case from the victim's side. Restitution, the right to be heard at sentencing, the compensation amounts and what follows a finding of incapacity are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Good causeIn a workers' compensation claim, a showing that lets a late step go forward: good cause for notice of an injury given after the 90 days, where it is given within one year after the accident, and good cause for a request for a hearing filed after the 60th day but by the 180th day after a denial was mailed.
- Qualified interpreterOne who can transfer the meaning of statements to and from English, keeping their meaning, tone, level, style and register, without additions or omissions, and who can interpret the person's dialect, slang or specialized vocabulary.