Former Metro Corrections employees sue again

Ok ,, and you see nothing wrong with that?

WTF !?!?!?!?!?

Making excuses, thats what you are doing.

How can you face the public with that?

Coyote

If the person is accepted into the pretrial diversion program, then he or she will enter a plea of guilty to the criminal offense. However, the judge will not enter an order adjudicating him or her guilty. A person is not guilty until a judge issues an order finding that person guilty, so at this point the person is in limbo between pleading guilty and being convicted of the crime.

Rather than find the person guilty, the judge withholds adjudication for a certain period of time, and places the defendant under certain restrictions similar to being on probation. If the individual complies with the terms and conditions of the pretrial diversion agreement, then at the end of the time period the charges are dismissed and the person is not convicted of the crime. This enables someone who made a one-time stupid mistake to get another chance at life with a clean record.

However, if the defendant violates the terms of the deferred prosecution agreement, then he or she will be brought back to court for a sentencing hearing. Common ways a person could violate the program include getting a new arrest, failing a drug test, or failing to complete a court-ordered treatment program. Because the person already entered a guilty plea to the charge, he or she no longer has the right to go to trial on the case. Thus, if the judge determines that the defendant failed to complete the pretrial intervention program, then the defendant will be convicted and sentenced for the crime.