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16-17-137. Jurisdiction over certain criminal matters.
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16-17-137. Jurisdiction over certain criminal matters.
(a) If authorized by the administrative plan for the judicial circuit required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14, a state district court judge may preside over the following criminal matters:
(1) A drug court program authorized under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-301 et seq.;
(2) A probation supervision program; and
(3) A parole supervision program.
(b) The administrative judge of the judicial district may withdraw authorization under this section at any time.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-137
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16-17-137. Jurisdiction over certain criminal matters.
(a) If authorized by the administrative plan for the judicial circuit required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14, a state district court judge may preside over the following criminal matters:
(1) A drug court program authorized under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-301 et seq.;
(2) A probation supervision program; and
(3) A parole supervision program.
(b) The administrative judge of the judicial district may withdraw authorization under this section at any time.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-98-301. Short title and definitions.
(a) This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Drug Court Act”.
(b) As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Evidence-based practices” means supervision, policies, procedures, and practices proven through research to reduce recidivism;
(2) “Validated risk-needs assessment” means a determination of a person's risk to reoffend and the needs that, when addressed, reduce the risk to reoffend through the use of an actuarial assessment tool that assesses the dynamic and static factors that drive criminal behavior; and
(3) “Violent felony offense” means an offense that is punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one (1) year, and during the course of the offense:
(A) The person carried, possessed, or used a firearm or other dangerous weapon and the use of deadly force was used against another person; or
(B) Death or serious physical injury was inflicted upon another person, regardless of whether death or serious physical injury was an element of the crime for which the person was convicted.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-98-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-98-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.