Legal Question in Criminal Law in Mississippi

Wrongly reported conviction

i was convvicted over 12 years ago for possesion of alcohol in a dry county. i payed a $50. fine and that was it. i went to get a new job recently and it now shows up as a felony conviction. i cant get student aid or a job now. what can i do?


Asked on 4/23/09, 11:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Wayne Woodall Wayne Woodall Attorney

Re: Wrongly reported conviction

You will need to find out who (or what company) reported the conviction as a Felony conviction. If this is a private company (as compared to a law enforcement agency) you may have a claim against that company for defamation of character. If a law enforcement agency reported it as a Felony conviction you will need to get your attorney to trace the charge back to the original court to make sure the original court did not report this as a Felony (unless for some strange reason this was in fact considered a felony, which is highly unlikely).

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Answered on 4/23/09, 2:01 pm


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