Arkansas Code
Subchapter 9 - Sentencing Alternative — Pre-adjudication Probation
§ 5-4-908. Program operation

(a)
(1) A pre-adjudication probation program may require a separate judicial processing system differing in practice and design from the traditional adversarial criminal prosecution and trial systems.
(2) A pre-adjudication probation program team shall be designated by a circuit judge assigned to manage the pre-adjudication probation program docket and may include a circuit judge, a prosecuting attorney, a public defender or private defense attorney, one (1) or more probation officers, and any other individual or individuals determined necessary by the pre-adjudication probation program judge.
(3)
(A) The administrative judge of the judicial district shall designate one (1) or more circuit judges to administer the pre-adjudication probation program.
(B) If a county is in a judicial district that does not have a circuit judge who is able to administer the pre-adjudication probation program on a consistent basis, the administrative plan for the judicial circuit required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14 may designate a state district court judge to administer the pre-adjudication probation program.

(b) Each judicial district may develop a training and implementation manual for a pre-adjudication probation program with the assistance of:
(1) The Department of Human Services;
(2) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;
(3) The Adult Education Section;
(4) The Division of Community Correction;
(5) The Administrative Office of the Courts; and
(6) Any vocational school, technical school, community college, or two-year and four-year public university that has volunteered to be part of the pre-adjudication program in the judicial district.