[Defender]

My guess? The answer is yes, you've been convicted of a crime that fits the exclusion category and even though it was a non-plea, by accepting the terms you were technically adjudicated guilty at the time. Wasn't a condition of the deal that you not get into further trouble or the plea would end up costing you jail time?

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No, you've got it wrong here friend. The condition of the deal was that you would not go to trial if you accepted their offer. The idea of PTI (Pre Trial Intervention) is that there is no trial. That is what PTI is for, to avoid a trial. This saves the authorities money and it saves you money. The person could have elected to go to trial and have a jury decide the issue. He/she could have been found not guilty, hence no conviction. Or, on the other hand there could have been a guilty verdict. The person would be lying on any form only if there had been a conviction. PTI is not a conviction! At this point there has only been an arrest and an "administrative" action. When the person completes his/her part of the deal, as far as the legal community is concerned, the incident never happened.