Crime Victim Notification Request And Demand For Rights Form printable pdf download

Attention Victims: Please review the instructions for the attached Crime Victim Notification

Request and Demand for Rights Form This is Your Most Important Link to Information and Rights

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE FORM

1. Completing the attached form and returning it to the State’s

contacted by the State’s Attorney’s Office. At this time, you

Attorney’s Office allows you to be notified of all hearings and

may also be required to appear and testify in court. Even if

events related to your case. Once you return this form, you

you designate a person or organization to receive notices

will be informed about the defendant/juvenile throughout the

concerning your court case, the State’s Attorney’s Office

trial, sentencing, appeal, incarceration, supervision, and post

handling your case may contact you directly.

trial release process, should they occur. Release notice may

5. If you change your address or phone number, you must

not include notice of pre-trial release. You are also

tell the State’s Attorney’s Office, or they will have no way of

requesting all the rights that you may have as a victim of

notifying you. In cases where the offender has been

crime. To receive personal assistance in exercising your

convicted and is either incarcerated, on probation or

rights, contact the State’s Attorney’s Office related to your

parole or has appealed his conviction, you must also

case. Please read the instructions below before completing

notify the commitment facility, Division of Parole and

this form.

Probation or the Office of the Attorney General of any

2. If you wish to receive notice so that you can exercise your

change of address or telephone number.

LEGAL RIGHTS as a crime victim, please sign this form and

6. If, at any time, you wish to stop being notified about your

return the white, yellow, pink, green and blue copies to the

case, or no longer want to exercise your rights as a victim,

State’s Attorney’s Office that is handling your case. Keep the

you must put your request in writing and send it to the State’s

goldenrod copy for your future reference.

Attorney, or to the facility specified in the commitment order if

3. You are urged to complete this form immediately to ensure

the defendant/juvenile has been incarcerated.

that your rights are upheld. If you do not sign and return the

7. REMEMBER: If you have designated another person and/or

form now, you may still request and receive information about

organization to receive any notices for your case,

your court case from the State’s Attorney’s Office handling

it is your responsibility to keep in touch with your contact

your case at a later date; however, it is strongly recommended

person or organization. If your representative moves, or

that you promptly forward the completed form to the State’s

otherwise becomes unavailable, or if you move without

Attorney’s Office.

notifying your representative, it is possible that you may not

4. Whether or not you sign and return the form, you may be

receive notification of the events to which you are entitled

needed as a witness in the case and therefore, you may be

under law.

Crime Victim Notification Request And Demand For Rights Form

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