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  1. #1
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    Default Re: Shoplifting and ARD Eligibility

    My atty requested ARDS-and now I have a date in common pleas....my question is, in PA will I find out before or at the court if I was accepted?

    Also-I'm confused about this, there is a court date which I don't have to attend before my day in common pleas.....

    If accepted and completing ARDS-what do you say? Convicted-charged?

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    Default Re: Shoplifting and ARD Eligibility

    Usually by the time you get to the arraignment in Common Pleas the attorney will know whether they intend to accept the ARD.

    Generally the sequence goes like this:

    Preliminary Hearing/Preliminary Arraignment in front of a magistrate. Usually this is where the ARD or plea deal is worked out. The case is remanded over to common pleas and usually some unsecured bail is set.

    Arraignment in Common Pleas...here they usually know what's going on: ARD, Plead Guilty, Bench Trial, Jury Trial. Date is set for the next event. Often a Presentence Investigation is conducted subsequent to this if there is a plea deal or ARD.

    Trial date in Common Pleas.. Here you get up if you are pleading guilty and say you didn't do it and get sentenced (hopefully subject to a plea bargain), or you get assigned to ARD. You'll usually get sent directly to the probation office to work out those details.

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