(a) An offender who enters an intervention program shall:
Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-45-83.44
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Waive, in writing, and contingent upon his or her successful completion of the program his or her right to a speedy trial.(2) Agree, in writing, to the tolling, while in the program, of periods of limitations established by statute or rules of court.(3) Agree, in writing, to the conditions of the intervention program established by the district attorney.(4) In the event there is a victim of the crime agree, in writing, to a restitution agreement within a specified period of time and in an amount to be determined by the district attorney taking into account all circumstances of the offender and victim.(b) Pretrial intervention records or records related to pretrial intervention admission shall not be admissible in subsequent proceedings, criminal or civil, and communications between pretrial intervention counselors and defendants shall be privileged unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines there is a compelling public interest that such communications be revealed.
