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How to Get a Criminal Charge Dropped

By Ron Chapman

        Florida statute section 948.08 and section 948.16 pertain to what are called "pretrial intervention programs."  If someone has been charged with a crime in Florida and he is permitted to enter a pretrial intervention program (or "PTI"), the charge against that person is eventually dropped if the individual successfully completes the program.        Florida statute section 948.08 states in part that "[a]ny first offender, or any person previously convicted of not more than one nonviolent misdemeanor, who is charged with any misdemeanor or felony of the third degree is eligible for release to the pretrial intervention program on the approval of the administrator of the program and the consent of the victim, the state attorney, and the judge who presided at the initial appearance hearing of the offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on July 12, 2008 (boomark / email).