Who determines whether a person may be admitted into the ARD Program?
According to Pennsylvania law, only the District Attorney may admit move for an offender’s admission into the ARD Program. A Common Pleas Court judge must approve the admission, but a judge may not move a person into the ARD Program unless that person has first been approved by the DA’s Office. For anyone charged with a crime such as a DUI, it is important to retain an attorney counsel who is familiar with how prosecutors’ analyze various cases and what they are looking for in an ARD application.
