Glossary of Terms in an OWI or Criminal Case
Let’s now spend some time in the following pages learning some terms and concepts that are applicable in Indiana criminal law so that we can communicate better about the issues that may apply to your case. For our purposes in this discussion, OWI and DUI are one and the same irrespective of the historical differences that serve to define each of them.
Glossary of OWI and Criminal Legal Terms Beginning with A-B:
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- .15%, .10%, .08%
- Absorption of Alcohol
- Administrative Suspension
- Alcohol Concentration Equivalent
- Alco-Sensor or PBT
- Bail or Bond
- Basics of OWI Offenses
- Blood Test
- BMV License Suspensions
- Breath Test
- Breath Test Certifications
- Burden of Proof
Glossary of OWI and Criminal Legal Terms Beginning with C-D:
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- Change of Plea Hearing
- Chemical Test
- Children
- Controlled Substance
- Deferred Prosecution
- Discovery
- Dissipation of Alcohol
- Driving Record
- Drug/Alcohol Court/Diversion Programs
- Driving
- DUI
Glossary of OWI and Criminal Legal Terms Beginning with E-G:
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- Earned Dismissal
- Elements
- Endangerment
- Enhancement
- Expungement
- Felony
- Field Tests
- Final Pre-Trial Conference
- Gas Chromatography
Glossary of OWI and Criminal Legal Terms Beginning with H-J:
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- Habitual Substance Offenders
- Habitual Traffic Violators
- Hardship License
- Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus
- Ignition Interlock
- Initial Hearing
- Implied Consent
- Infraction
- Judgement Withheld
- Jury Trial
Glossary of OWI and Criminal Legal Terms Beginning with M-P:
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- Mandatory Minimum License Suspensions
- Mandatory Jail Time
- Marked Police Vehicle
- Misdemeanor
- Operating
- Post-Conviction Relief
- Presumption
- Presumption of Innocence
- Pre-Trial Conference
- Prima Facie Case
- Probable Cause
Glossary of OWI and Criminal Legal Terms Beginning with R-Z:
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- Reasonable Doubt
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Refusal
- Sample Delivery
- Serum Blood
- Specialized Driving Privilege (SDP)
- Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFTs)
- State Department of Toxicology
- Toxicologist
- Uniform
- Venire
- Voir Dire
- While or With
