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2022 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 9 - Cities and Towns
§ 9-500.22 - Prosecution diversion programs
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AZ Rev Stat § 9-500.22 (2022)
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9-500.22. Prosecution diversion programs
A. The chief prosecuting officer of a city or town may establish a diversion program that provides for the dismissal of a criminal complaint on successful completion of the program's requirements. Diversion shall not be available to persons accused of a crime involving the discharge, use or threatening exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.
B. The prosecutor has sole discretion to decide whether to divert prosecution of an offender when the diversion occurs before a guilty plea or trial. The diversion program may be structured to require a guilty plea before entry into the program.
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