Victim’s Constitutional and Statutory Rights

A.  California Constitution, Art. 1, § 28: Victim’s Bill of Rights.

B.  California Constitution, Art. 1, § 29: People’s right to due process and a speedy public trial.

C.  Penal Code § 679 - 679.05: Rights of victims and witnesses of crime.

      1.         Penal Code § 679.01: Definitions of crime, victim, and witness.

2.         Penal Code § 679.02: Statutory rights of victims and witnesses.

D.  Penal Code § 11158: Definition of victim.

E.  Penal Code § 136(2): Definition of witness.