2010 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 4 - Disposition of Offenders
Subchapter 3 - Suspension or Probation
§ 5-4-303 - Conditions of suspension or probation.

5-4-303. Conditions of suspension or probation.

(a) If a court suspends imposition of sentence on a defendant or places him or her on probation, the court shall attach such conditions as are reasonably necessary to assist the defendant in leading a law-abiding life.

(b) The court shall provide as an express condition of every suspension or probation that the defendant not commit an offense punishable by imprisonment during the period of suspension or probation.

(c) If the court suspends imposition of sentence on a defendant or places him or her on probation, as a condition of its order the court may require that the defendant:

(1) Support his or her dependents and meet his or her family responsibilities;

(2) Work faithfully at suitable employment;

(3) Pursue a prescribed secular course of study or vocational training designed to equip him or her for suitable employment;

(4) Undergo available medical or psychiatric treatment and enter and remain in a specified institution when required for medical or psychiatric treatment;

(5) Participate in a community-based rehabilitative program or work-release program that meets the minimum state standards for certification and for which the court may impose a reasonable fee or assessment on the defendant to be used in support of the community-based rehabilitative program or work-release program;

(6) Refrain from frequenting an unlawful or designated place or consorting with a designated person;

(7) Have no firearm in his or her possession;

(8) Make restitution to an aggrieved party in an amount the defendant can afford to pay for the actual loss or damage caused by his or her offense;

(9) Post a bond, with or without surety, conditioned on the performance of a prescribed condition; and

(10) Satisfy any other condition reasonably related to the rehabilitation of the defendant and not unduly restrictive of his or her liberty or incompatible with his or her freedom of conscience.

(d) Following a revocation hearing held pursuant to 5-4-310 and in which a defendant has been found guilty or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court may:

(1) Continue the period of suspension of imposition of sentence or continue the period of probation;

(2) Lengthen the period of suspension or the period of probation within the limits set by 5-4-306;

(3) Increase the fine within the limits set by 5-4-201;

(4) Impose a period of confinement within the limits set by 5-4-304; or

(5) Impose any conditions that could have been imposed in the original order.

(e) If the court places a defendant on probation, as a condition of its order the court may require that the defendant:

(1) Report as directed to the court or the probation officer and permit the probation officer to visit the defendant at the defendant's place of employment or elsewhere;

(2) Remain within the jurisdiction of the court unless granted permission to leave by the court or the probation officer; and

(3) Answer any reasonable inquiry by the court or the probation officer and promptly notify the court or probation officer of any change in address or employment.

(f) Following a revocation hearing in which a defendant continues on a period of suspension or a period of probation, nothing prohibits the court upon finding the defendant guilty at a subsequent revocation hearing from:

(1) Revoking the suspension or period of probation; and

(2) Sentencing the defendant to incarceration in the Department of Correction.

(g) If the court suspends imposition of sentence on a defendant or places him or her on probation, the defendant shall be given a written statement explicitly setting forth the conditions under which he or she is being released.

(h) (1) (A) If the court suspends imposition of sentence on a defendant or places him or her on probation conditioned upon his or her making restitution under subdivision (c)(8) of this section, the court, by concurrence of the victim, defendant, and the prosecuting authority, shall determine the amount to be paid as restitution.

(B) After considering the assets, financial condition, and occupation of the defendant, the court shall further determine:

(i) Whether restitution shall be total or partial;

(ii) The amounts to be paid if by periodic payments; and

(iii) If a personal service is contemplated, the reasonable value and rate of compensation for the personal service rendered to the victim.

(2) If the court has suspended imposition of sentence or placed a defendant on probation conditioned upon the defendant making restitution and the defendant has not satisfactorily made all of his or her payments when the probation period has ended, the court may:

(A) Continue to assert the court's jurisdiction over the recalcitrant defendant; and

(B) Either:

(i) Extend the probation period as the court deems necessary; or

(ii) Revoke the defendant's suspended sentence.

(i) (1) In a case in which counsel has been appointed to represent a defendant due to the defendant's indigency and the court suspends imposition of sentence or places a defendant on probation at the time of disposition, the court shall revisit the issue of the defendant's indigency.

(2) (A) When appropriate and when the defendant is financially able to do so, the court may assess an attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant as part of his or her suspension or probation.

(B) The amount of the assessed attorney's fee should be commensurate with the defendant's ability to pay.

(C) The assessed attorney's fee shall be paid to the state as a means of partial reimbursement for providing appointed counsel.

(3) In no event is failure to pay an assessed attorney's fee, standing alone, a ground for the revocation of a suspension or probation.

(4) (A) The assessed attorney's fee under subdivision (i)(2) of this section shall be collected by the county or city official, agency, or department designated under 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in a circuit court or district court of this state.

(B) On or before the tenth day of each month, the county or city official, agency, or department described in subdivision (i)(4)(A) of this section shall remit any assessed attorney's fee collected to the Arkansas Public Defender Commission on a form provided by the commission.

(C) The commission shall deposit the money collected into a separate account within the State Central Services Fund to be known as "Public Defender Attorney Fees" to be used solely to defray costs for the commission.

(j) If a court places a defendant on probation conditioned upon his or her paying supervision fees and the defendant has not satisfactorily made all of his or her payments when the probation period has ended, the court may:

(1) Continue to assert the court's jurisdiction over the defendant; and

(2) Extend the probation period as the court deems necessary.