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Penal Code § 1001.36

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  1. 1Who may qualify and which charges may be excluded
  2. 2What the court considers and how treatment plans work
  3. 3What may happen after successful completion
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Austin, TX

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Seattle, WA

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AlabamaAla. Code § 12-17-226AlaskaAlaska therapeutic courts (Coordinated Resources Project)ArizonaA.R.S. § 11-361 et seq.ArkansasArk. Code § 16-10-139CaliforniaCal. Penal Code § 1001.36ColoradoC.R.S. § 18-1.3-101ConnecticutConn. Gen. Stat. § 54-56lDelawareDel. Code tit. 11, § 4218FloridaFla. Stat. § 394.47892GeorgiaO.C.G.A. § 15-1-16HawaiiHRS § 853-1IdahoIdaho Code § 19-5601 et seq.Illinois730 ILCS 168IndianaInd. Code § 33-23-16IowaIowa Code § 907.3KansasK.S.A. 22-2906 et seq.KentuckyKRS 533.250LouisianaLa. C.Cr.P. art. 893Maine17-A M.R.S. § 1348-AMarylandMd. Code, Crim. Proc. § 6-220MassachusettsM.G.L. c. 276AMichiganMCL 600.1090 et seq.MinnesotaMinn. Stat. § 401.065MississippiMiss. Code § 9-25-1 et seq.MissouriRSMo § 478.001MontanaMCA § 46-16-130NebraskaNeb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3601 et seq.NevadaNRS 176A.250New HampshireRSA 490-GNew JerseyN.J.S.A. 2C:43-12New MexicoNMSA § 31-16A-1 et seq.New YorkN.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 170.55North CarolinaN.C.G.S. § 15A-1341(a1)North DakotaN.D.C.C. § 12.1-32-02(4)OhioOhio Rev. Code § 2951.041Oklahoma22 O.S. § 472OregonORS 135.886PennsylvaniaPa.R.Crim.P. 310-320Rhode IslandR.I. Gen. Laws § 12-10-12South CarolinaS.C. Code § 17-22-10 et seq.South DakotaSDCL 23A-27-13TennesseeTenn. Code § 40-15-105TexasTex. Gov't Code ch. 125UtahUtah Code § 77-2-5Vermont3 V.S.A. § 164VirginiaVa. Code § 18.2-254.3WashingtonRCW 2.30West VirginiaW. Va. Code § 61-11-22WisconsinWis. Stat. § 971.39WyomingWyo. Stat. § 7-13-301
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