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(iii) If the defendant is assessed under subparagraph (ii) to be in need of treatment, the defendant must participate and cooperate with a licensed alcohol or drug addiction treatment program.
(iv) The defendant must remain subject to court supervision for at least six months, but not more than 12 months..
The Defendant must also make restitution, pay fines, and get follow up treatment as set forth at greater length by statute. Call our Pennsylvania attorneys today for a free consultation!
We explain your rights and options concerning ARD in summary and non-summary cases. You should talk to an attorney to see how ARD might apply to your particular case involving DUI (drunk driving – driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol), assault, theft, drug crimes, burglary, robbery, abuse, harassment, or other crime.
Our Western Pennsylvania law firm handles ARD cases in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas, including Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland, and Allegheny Counties. Below you will find the actual language of the Pennsylvania Statute concerning ARD in Court cases (non-summary cases) that was updated as of early 2010. You should talk to an attorney to see how ARD might apply to your particular case involving DUI (drunk driving – driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol), assault, theft, drug crimes, burglary, robbery, abuse, harassment, or other crime.
Rule 310. Motion for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.
After criminal proceedings in a court case have been instituted, the attorney for the Commonwealth may move, before a judge empowered to try court cases, that the case be considered for accelerated rehabilitative disposition.
Rule 311. Application Process and Notice of Motion by Attorney for the Commonweatlh.
(A) When accelerated rehabilitative disposition proceedings are initiated, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall advise the defendant and the defendant’s attorney of the attorney for the Commonwealth’s intention to present the case to an appropriate judge. Notice of the proceedings shall be given also to any victim or victims of the offense charged.
(B) Information or statements supplied by the defendant to the attorney for the Commonwealth in an ARD application shall not be used against the defendant for any purpose in any criminal proceedings except a prosecution based on the falsity of the information or statement supplied.
Our Pittsburgh criminal defense attorneys explain your rights and options for all cases in matters involving ARD Western Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provides a “comment” section in regard to certain statues to explain the reasoning behind the law governing ARD in summary and non-summary cases.
Below please find the reasoning behind the Pennsylvania statue governing ARD. You should consult with an attorney to see how ARD might apply to your particular case involving DUI (drunk driving – driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol), assault, theft, drug crimes, burglary, robbery, abuse, harassment, or other crime. Call our attorneys if you have any questions.
The rules set forth in this Chapter govern the procedures with regard to Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition in court cases and in summary cases. See Committee Report, 14 Pa.B. 3593 (10/6/84) and 554-557 A.2d (Pennsylvania Reporter Series), for discussion of the history of the use of pretrial diversion programs in Pennsylvania.
The rules in this Chapter provide the procedural framework for the utilization of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition by the judges of the courts of common pleas in court cases and in summary cases, and by the minor judiciary in summary cases. These rules do not specify those classes of offenses or offenders that are eligible or ineligible for inclusion in the ARD program. In general, the district attorney has the responsibility for determining which cases will be recommended for entry into the ARD program. See Commonwealth v. Lutz, 495 A.2d 928 (Pa. 1985).
Recognizing the minor nature of summary offenses and that the various judicial districts have different administrative requirements for processing and disposing of ARD cases, the procedures in Rules 300, 301, and 302 were adopted in 1991 to provide each judicial district with the procedural mechanism to structure its own summary case ARD program, either before the minor judiciary or, when the local option is elected by the district attorney pursuant to Rule 300, in the court of common pleas. The statewide rules are intended to simplify the procedures for summary case ARD and to encourage prompt processing and disposition of cases considered for ARD.
In addition to the procedural aspects of ARD set forth in these rules, there are statutory provisions setting forth requirements related to ARD in certain specified classes of cases. See, e.g., Sections 1534, 1548, 1552, and 3731 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § § 1534, 1548, 1552, and 3731, and § 1520(a) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 1520(a).
The district attorney is responsible for designating which classes of offenses or offenders may not be considered for ARD in summary cases. This is accomplished, pursuant to paragraph (B)(2), by the district attorney’s filing a certification with the president judge. In addition, there may be classes of offenses or offenders that are statutorily excluded. See, e.g., Section 1520(a) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 1520(a), which excludes cases charging offenses under Titles 34 and 75 from being considered for or included in the summary case adjudication alternative authorized by the statute.
The president judge in each judicial district must formulate local procedures pursuant to paragraph (D) for the actual implementation of the summary case ARD programs in the court of common pleas or before the minor judiciary within his or her judicial district, thereby providing county-wide uniformity. These locally formulated procedures may include procedures that are in addition to those required by the Rules of Criminal Procedure to take into account the special nature and the special dispositional and administrative requirements of summary cases generally and specifically within the judicial district. For example, the costs imposed on a defendant who is admitted into a summary case ARD program should not be the same as the costs imposed on a defendant for ARD in a court case, but rather should be adjusted downward and kept minimal to reflect the minor nature of the summary case. The president judge, however, must implement without change the district attorney’s elections made pursuant to paragraph (B). See Commonwealth v. Lutz, 495 A.2d 928 (Pa. 1985).

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