Legal Question in Criminal Law in Indiana

First offense felony

I was told by my original public defender, they changed three times before by case was over, that my d class felony could be expunged from my record because this case was my first offense. Is this true?


Asked on 8/29/02, 5:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ralph Tambasco Tambasco & Associates,P.C. Attornenys at Law

Re: First offense felony

While I have not had the opportunity to review the facts of this case, I would strongly urge you to discuss this with your attorney. It may be that as this is the first felony as you've represented, that it will be reduced from felony status to an "A" misdemeanor. If it were expunged, then that would normally mean that the arrest and conviction would removed from your criminal history as if it never existed. As you can see there is a distinction.

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Answered on 8/30/02, 11:00 am


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