CHAPTER 2. APPLICABILITY; STANDING TO INVOKE RIGHTS

IC 35-40-2

    

Chapter 2. Applicability; Standing to Invoke Rights

IC 35-40-2-1

Standing of victims

    

Sec. 1. A victim has standing to assert the rights established by
this article. However, this article does not do any of the following:

        (1) Provide grounds for a victim to challenge a charging
decision or a conviction, obtain a stay of trial, or compel a new
trial.

        (2) Give rise to a claim for damages against the state of Indiana,
a political subdivision, or any public official.

        (3) Provide grounds for a person accused of or convicted of a
crime or an act of delinquency to obtain any form of relief.

As added by P.L.139-1999, SEC.1.