Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

Re: Conditional discharge

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You are eligible to have your record sealed if you were not convicted of the felony count(s) to which you pleaded guilty. In other words, if the court withheld adjudication, as opposed to entering a conviction, and you have no other arrests or convictions, you may be able to seal your Florida case.

Re: Conditional discharge

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If the earlier cases happened in New York, then you will have to go to New York to try and seal or expunge your record. Florida courts have no authority to seal or expunge the records of another state. If you were adjudicated guilty, then Florida would not agree to seal or expunge your file anyway.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.