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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-1001" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Treatment and Help">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Crime” means conduct that is a crime under the law of this State or federal law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Disposition” means the sentencing or determination of penalty or punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime or against whom a finding of sufficient facts for conviction is made.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Disposition” includes dismissal of charges or other disposition under a plea bargain agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Restitution” means money or services that a defendant is ordered to pay or render to a victim, victim’s representative, or other person or governmental unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Victim” means a person who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional, or financial harm as a result of a crime.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Victim’s representative” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a spouse, child, sibling, or a parent of a victim who is a minor, incompetent, or a victim of a homicide; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a guardian of a minor or an incompetent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Witness” means a person who is or expects to be a State’s witness.</text>
  </level>
</section>
