Definiciones del Código Penal de Arizona

Explicación Simple

Esta sección de la ley explica términos importantes que se usan en el Código Penal de Arizona. Por ejemplo, define qué es un 'delito', un 'miembro de una pandilla' y qué significa estar bajo 'supervisión comunitaria'.

Es como tener un diccionario en la mano cuando estás aprendiendo un idioma nuevo; te ayuda a entender mejor las reglas y lo que se espera de ti.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en libertad condicional. Si se muda sin decirle a su oficial de libertad condicional y no lo pueden encontrar en 90 días, podría ser considerado un 'evadido'. Esto significa que podrían tomar acciones legales en su contra.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

13-105. Definitions In this title, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Absconder" means a probationer who has moved from the probationer's primary residence without permission of the probation officer, who cannot be located within ninety days of the previous contact and against whom a petition to revoke has been filed in the superior court alleging that the probationer's whereabouts are unknown.  A probationer is no longer deemed an absconder when the probationer is voluntarily or involuntarily returned to probation service. 2. "Act" means a bodily movement. 3. "Benefit" means anything of value or advantage, present or prospective. 4. "Calendar year" means three hundred sixty-five days' actual time served without release, suspension or commutation of sentence, probation, pardon or parole, work furlough or release from confinement on any other basis. 5. "Community supervision" means that portion of a felony sentence that is imposed by the court pursuant to section 13-603, subsection I and that is served in the community after completing a period of imprisonment or served in prison in accordance with section 41-1604.07. 6. "Conduct" means an act or omission and its accompanying culpable mental state. 7. "Crime" means a misdemeanor or a felony. 8. "Criminal street gang" means an ongoing formal or informal association of persons in which members or associates individually or collectively engage in the commission, attempted commission, facilitation or solicitation of any felony act and that has at least one individual who is a criminal street gang member. 9. "Criminal street gang member" means an individual to whom at least two of the following seven criteria that indicate criminal street gang membership apply: (a) Self-proclamation. (b) Witness testimony or official