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Someone who has plead guilty to or is found guilty of a felony. The judge then sentences the offender to a term of incarceration of more than one year duration. This term of incarceration can be suspended and the offender not actually go to prison, but it would still be a conviction.
A person constantly committing offenses is an habitual offender.
They have been found guilty of the crime. The court will then set the sentence for the offender. It can be jail or prison time or may be a fine or restitution or even a combination of these.
Yes, a jury decides if a person is guilty or not guilty.
Offender searches can destroy many different aspects of a person. Whether or not they do depends on what the original offense was and the reason the person is preforming an offender search for you in the first place.
the person found guilty
Said person would be an "accessory before the fact" and would be guilty of what ever the perpetrator is guilty of
For a person to be guilty, someone has to prove with supportive reasons that the person did something wrong.
There are no set punishments or sentences for criminal offenses. The court must consider the relevant law and the factors surrounding the offense and the offender. "Cheating" is not a crime. Perhaps you are talking about fraud?
Offender.
A habitual offender is a person who has repeatedly committed the same crime.
Usually it is the offender, but there may be cause for the person who has been offended to say sorry; because of some misunderstanding on their part which caused the offender to act the way they did.