Title 23, Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]

(a) Any person who comes into the District of Columbia in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in the District of Columbia shall not, while in the District of Columbia, pursuant to the summons, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or crimina…

(a) Officers or employees of the District of Columbia engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime or the judicial process shall make their best efforts to see that victims of crime are accorded the rights described in subsection (b) of this section. (b) A cri…

(a) The head of each department and agency of the District of Columbia engaged in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime or in the judicial process shall designate the persons who will be responsible for identifying the victims of crime and performing the services …

(a) Before, during, and immediately after any court proceeding, the court shall provide appropriate safeguards to minimize the contact that may occur between the victim and the victim’s family with the accused or the accused’s or respondent’s family, and defense witnesses. (b) Th…

(a) Crime victims shall have the right to be present at the defendant’s sentencing, release, parole, post-conviction, and record-sealing hearings. (b) Crime victims shall have the right to submit, prior to the imposition of sentence, a written victim impact statement containing i…

For purposes of this section, (1) The term “community” means a formal or informal association or group of people living, working, or attending school in the same place or neighborhood and sharing common interests arising from social, business, religious, governmental, scholastic,…

The provisions of this chapter requiring notice to the victim shall be applicable when computer systems are in place at the Metropolitan Police Department or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to provide such notice or one year after the effective date of this chapter…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Confidential communication” means information exchanged between a sexual assault victim and a sexual assault victim advocate during the course of the advocate providing counseling, support, and assistance to the victim, incl…

In addition to the rights set forth in subchapter I of this chapter, a sexual assault victim: (1) Shall have the right to have a sexual assault victim advocate present at any: (A) Forensic medical, evidentiary, or physical examination; (B) Initial interview at the hospital; (C) S…

(a)(1) DC SANE Program participants, through established DC SANE protocol, shall summon a sexual assault victim advocate to the hospital before the commencement of any medical, evidentiary, or physical examination arising out of a sexual assault. (2) The sexual assault victim adv…

In addition to the notice requirements set forth in subchapter I of this chapter, upon request by the sexual assault victim, the MPD shall: (1) Inform the sexual assault victim of the toxicology results and findings of his or her sexual assault forensic kit examination; provided,…

This subchapter does not create a cause of action or defense in favor of any person arising out of the failure to accord to a sexual assault victim the rights enumerated in § 23-1908 or the violation of any other provision of this subchapter.