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Abstract: 

Victim impact statements appear at criminal and civil grand juries, probation and bail hearings, and as part of probation reports. But the statements also give the DWI/DUI crime victims or surviving family members a forum from which to tell their story. As a result of the efforts of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID), Parents of Murdered Children, Stop It Now, and many other victim advocacy groups, victims enjoy a legal right under state law to be heard at their offender’s trial with certain limitations. The following article examines victims’ right to be heard and the factors that limit or expand that right throughout the stages of a criminal proceeding.

Keywords: Payne v. Tennessee; Cargle v. State; State v. Muhammad; State v. Guerrero; State v. Gomez; State v. Fautenberry; People v. Holmes; Oklahoma v. McVeigh; U.S. v. McVeigh; Sermons v. State; State v. Jennings; State v. Sexton; Hunter v. State; People v.

Affiliations:  1: Managing Editor CVR.