Expunge Criminal Conviction

El Paso DWI Attorneys and Criminal Defense Attorneys defending DWI and Criminal Cases in El Paso and the surrounding areas. For more information please call: 915-317-1933 and visit www.dwielpaso.com The Importance of DWI Expungement This brief video will discuss the importance of DWI expungement when facing DWI charges in Texas. First off, let’s DWI Expungement, its to erase, strike or blot out from one’s criminal history. The disadvantages of having a DWI record: • Most companies today are performing background checks during the application process • It’s not uncommon for landlords to run background checks on potential tenants when applying as a renter • And third, many companies and land lords frown on applicants with DWI convictions on their record. The advantages of expungement is: • Entitles a convicted individual to avoid public disclosure of the conviction • It gives you a clean record • And as discussed theres no hassles or discrimination from potential employers and land lords. In order to be eligible for expungement : • DUI charge against you, has to have been dismissed • You have been found not guilty of a DWI charge • You have been pardoned • Someone used your name when they were arrested • You’re a minor charged with your first drinking offense • And finally you’re a minor has successfully completed a deferred sentence To initiate the expungement , the convicted person usually must file a petition with the court requesting an expungement order. The court will …

Add us: www.facebook.com Follow us: twitter.com Visit us: www.mcgregor-ernenwein.com Read about us www.toptorrancelawyers.com Robert Ernenwein, a Criminal Law Specialist Certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Torrance criminal defense lawyer, explains how McGregor & Ernenwein (www.mcgregor-ernenwein.com) can expunge your criminal record.

When applying for a deck license you will be required to answer a series of questions on various forms. The topics will include issues that relate to your use of any dangerous drugs or convictions by any court for offenses other than minor traffic violations. Many first time offenders have their records expunged after a court set period of good behavior. Having a past conviction on your record may not be reason for a license not being issued. The Coast Guard is very specific with its definition of a conviction: Conviction means the applicant for a merchant mariner’s document has been found guilty by judgment or plea by a court of record of the United States, the District of Columbia, any State, territory, or possession of the United States, a foreign country, or any military court, of a criminal felony or misdemeanor or of an offense described in section 205 of the National Driver Register Act of 1982, as amended (49 USC 30304). If an applicant pleads guilty or no contest, is granted deferred adjudication, or is required by the court to attend classes, make contributions of time or money, receive treatment, submit to any manner of probation or supervision, or forgo appeal of a trial court’s conviction, then the Coast Guard will consider the applicant to have received a conviction. A later expungement of the conviction will not negate a conviction unless the Coast Guard is satisfied that the expungement is based upon a showing that the court’s earlier conviction was in …