Glossary

National Crime Information Center. Computerized records used by law enforcement agencies (FBI) to determine criminal records, arrest or bench warrants, or stolen vehicles are guns. This is not public access.

The omission of proper attention.

Failure to exercise a degree of care that a person of ordinary prudence would exercise under the same circumstances. Conduct that falls below the standard established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm.

See Plea Bargain.

The decision by a grand jury that it will not bring indictment against the accused on the basis of the allegations and evidence presented by the prosecutor.

A plea in which the defendant does not contest the charge. This has the same effect as a guilty plea except the conviction cannot be used against the defendant in a civil suit.

No follow up action was made after the initial charge was prepared. No prosecution, no conviction, no further interest. Sometimes a case is No Papered as part of a plea bargain, other times when the case is weak or the officer perhaps didn't complete the necessary paper work.

These was not sufficient reason to bring case to trial.

The state's attorney declares that he or she will not prosecute a case or some charge on a case any further.

Latin phrase loosely translated, hang in there.

A statement that the defendant will not contest a charge made by the government.

A judgment ordered by the court against a plaintiff who fails to proceed to trial.

A judge or jury finds that the evidence does not provide beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the offense.

Prepared by the Federal Trade Commission, this document must be provided by the background screening company to employers before background screening information is provided to the employer. This most current version of this document was released on 11/19/04.

Negotiating worthless non-negotiable instrument.