Responsibilities of Office of the Prosecuting Attorney — Duty of Victim

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Criminal Procedure
4. Victims' Rights
5. Victims' Bill of Rights
6. Responsibilities of Office of the Prosecuting Attorney — Duty of Victim

1. After indictment, presentment or information, the office of the prosecuting attorney, through the victim witness coordinator, shall provide the victim with the following information:
   1. The procedural steps involved in a criminal prosecution;
   2. Dates, times and places of all proceedings involving the victim's case;
   3. The availability of victim's compensation benefits; and
   4. Forms to invoke compensation benefits and other rights.
2. The victim has a duty to keep current information regarding the victim's location so that the victim-witness coordinator may be able to contact the victim, if necessary.

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