Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-902: Definitions

As used in this subchapter, "pre-adjudication" means the period of time after:

(1) The prosecuting attorney files a criminal information or an indictment is filed in circuit court;

(2) The person named in the criminal information or indictment is arraigned on the charge in circuit court; and

(3) The person enters the program without a guilty plea or the person enters a plea of guilty but before the circuit court enters a judgment and pronounces a sentence against the person.