Chapter 21 - Removing the Case from the Criminal Court’s Docket: Motions for Diversion, ACD, or Stetting; Transfer to Juvenile Court; Deferred Adjudication

Authors

• Anthony G. Amsterdam, New York University School of LawFollow
• Randy A. Hertz, New York University School of LawFollow

Description

As noted in §§ 2.3.6 and 8.2.2 supra, many localities have more or less formal procedures for “diverting” criminal cases out of the system. Such diversion procedures go by different names in different jurisdictions (including “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal” (“ACD”) and “stetting”)

First Page

723

Source Publication

Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases

Source Editors/Authors

Anthony G. Amsterdam, Randy A. Hertz

Publication Date

2026

Document Type

Chapter

Edition

11

Rights & Restrictions

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Recommended Citation

Anthony G. Amsterdam & Randy A. Hertz, Chapter 21 - Removing the Case from the Criminal Court’s Docket: Motions for Diversion, ACD, or Stetting; Transfer to Juvenile Court; Deferred Adjudication, Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases 723 (2026).
Available at: https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/tmdcc/27