Full text of Utah Utah Code § 80-6-806 — Parole revocation -- Hearing -- Procedures., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 80-6-806. Parole revocation -- Hearing -- Procedures.
Effective 9/1/2021
80-6-806.
Parole revocation -- Hearing -- Procedures.
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The authority may only revoke the parole of a juvenile offender after a hearing and upon determination that there has been a violation of law or of a condition of parole by the juvenile offender that warrants the juvenile offender's return to secure care. |
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The parole revocation hearing shall be held at the secure care facility. |
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Before returning a juvenile offender to secure care for a parole revocation or rescission hearing, the division shall provide a prerevocation or prerescission hearing within the vicinity of the alleged violation, to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile offender violated the conditions of the juvenile offender's parole. |
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Upon a finding of probable cause, the juvenile offender may be remanded to secure care, pending a revocation hearing. |
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The authority shall only proceed with the parole revocation or rescission process in accordance with the system of appropriate responses developed in accordance with Section 80-6-607. |
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A paroled juvenile offender is entitled to legal representation at the parole revocation hearing, and if the juvenile offender or the juvenile offender's family has requested but cannot afford legal representation, the authority shall appoint legal counsel. |
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| (a) |
A juvenile offender:
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shall receive timely advance notice of the date, time, place, and reason for the hearing; and |
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has the right to appear at the hearing. |
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The authority shall provide the juvenile offender an opportunity to be heard, to present witnesses and evidence, and to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses, unless there is good cause for disallowing that confrontation. |
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Decisions in parole revocation or rescission hearings shall be reached by a majority vote of the present members of the authority. |
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The authority may issue a warrant to order any peace officer or division employee to take into custody a juvenile offender alleged to be in violation of parole conditions in accordance with Section 80-6-607. |
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The division may issue a warrant to any peace officer or division employee to retake a juvenile offender who has escaped from secure care. |
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Based upon the warrant issued under this Subsection (7), a juvenile offender may be held in a local detention facility for no longer than 48 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, to allow time for a prerevocation or prerescission hearing of the alleged parole violation, or in the case of an escapee, arrangement for transportation to secure care. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter
261, 2021 General Session
Frequently Asked Questions About Utah § 80-6-806
What does Utah Code § 80-6-806 cover?
Section 80-6-806 ("Parole revocation -- Hearing -- Procedures.") is part of the Utah Code, the codified statutory law of Utah. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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