Title 8 — Criminal Procedure

This Chapter shall be known as the >Victims Immunity Act of 2004’. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 27-138:5 (Dec. 30, 2004).

Terms used in this Chapter mean: (a) ‘Convicted’ includes a finding of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is stayed or executed, an unwithdrawn judicial admission of guilt or guilty plea, a no contest plea, a judgment of conviction, an adjudication as a delinquent ch…

COL120106 A perpetrator assumes the risk of loss, injury, or death resulting from or arising out of a course of criminal conduct involving a crime, as defined in this Act, engaged in by the perpetrator or a person who aids or abets the perpetrator, as defined in Title 9, Guam Cod…

Risk. Notwithstanding other evidence that the victim may adduce relating to the perpetrator’s conviction of the crime involving the parties to a claim for relief, a certified copy of a guilty plea, a court judgment of guilt, a court record of conviction, or an adjudication as a d…

If the perpetrator does not prevail in a claim for relief that is subject to this Act, the court may award reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees and disbursements, to the victim. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 27-138:5 (Dec. 30, 2004).

Except to the extent needed to preserve evidence, any claim for relief in which the defense set forth in this Chapter is raised shall be stayed by the court on the motion of the defendant during the pendency of any criminal action against the plaintiff based on the alleged crime.…

If any of the provisions of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, are held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of this Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to…