A. No person shall be punished for an offense except upon a legal conviction, including a plea or admission of guilt or nolo contendere in open court, by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that no incarceration or other disposition of one accused of an offense prior to trial in accordance with this Title shall be deemed punishment.

B. All criminal proceedings shall be prosecuted in the name of the Osage Nation Plaintiff, against the person charged with an offense, referred to as the Defendant.

C. The case number prefix assigned to criminal actions shall be sufficient, different and unique from the prefix assigned to other types of cases to clearly distinguish them.