Addiction? Experimentation? In pain without Insurance? Whatever your reason for possessing, don’t let a pocketful of drugs weigh you down for the rest of your life. If you received a conviction for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and want to move on from your mistake, this step-by-step guide may be just what you are looking for.
Addiction? Experimentation? In pain without Insurance? Whatever your reason for possessing, don’t let a pocketful of drugs weigh you down for the rest of your life. If you received a conviction for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and want to move on from your mistake, this step-by-step guide may be what you seek.
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What you are looking for is called an expungement.
An expungement is a legal process that allows you to remove convictions and arrests from your criminal record. Essentially, an expungement makes it as if your conviction never happened.
If you want to get an expungement for a misdemeanor conviction, you need to wait until five years after the date of your conviction has passed.
For example, if you were convicted in 2017, you would need to wait until 2022 before getting an expungement.
It does not matter. For expungement purposes, the law treats a misdemeanor conviction that begins as a felony charge before being reduced the same as a standard misdemeanor conviction.
Yes, you may be able to get an expungement at an earlier date, but you will need written permission from a prosecutor to do so.
It depends on whether you are dealing with a new conviction or a non-conviction.
Suppose you are convicted of another crime before the five-year waiting period ends. In that case, the original waiting period will be replaced by another five-year waiting period that begins with the date of your new, more recent conviction.
For example, if your misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance conviction was in 2017, but you received another conviction in 2019, you would need to wait until 2024 before getting the original misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance conviction.
This will not be the case with non-convictions.
A “non-conviction” is when you are arrested for a crime, but the arrest does not lead to a conviction. A non-conviction during the five-year waiting period will not affect your ability to expunge your misdemeanor DWI conviction.
Yes, here are a couple of things that may prevent you from getting your conviction expunged:
If you still owe money related to your conviction, such as court costs or fees, you will not be able to get your conviction expunged until those debts are paid.
If you are facing criminal charges, you will not be able to get your conviction expunged while the charges are still pending.
Yes, there are two situations where the law will forever prevent you from getting your conviction expunged:
First, the government will never let you get your conviction expunged if you qualify as a “sex or violent offender.”
The label of “sex or violent offender” accompanies a conviction for certain felonies, namely those involving physical violence or sexual touching. You may contact us if you want to know which offenses give someone the status of “sex or violent offender.”
Second, you will never be able to get your conviction expunged if, at any point in life, you have been convicted of two or more unrelated felonies involving the unlawful use of a deadly weapon.
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