Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

How to answer that would depend on the question: if the question is, "Have you ever been arrested...?", then you'd need to answer yes. If the question is, "Have you ever been convicted...?", then the answer would be no. As far as this job application goes, just explain what happened as well as you can. However, the arrest will continue to show up on your record forever unless you have it expunged, and unfortunately many employers don't really differentiate between an arrest and a conviction. Often, once they see an arrest, it's over.

Expunctions are a major focus of my practice, and you're welcome to contact me for more details about how they work if you're interested. Usually, no actual hearing is required, and once the expunction order has been granted and the agencies have complied with it, your background check should be clear and you won't have to deal with this again.