If you have a conviction for a criminal offense in San Diego, you may be concerned about how that conviction impacts your future. Specifically, you may be wondering if you now have a criminal record. The short answer to that is that “yes”, you do have a criminal record. The “Do I Have a Criminal Record in San Diego?”
Will My Case be on My Criminal Record in San Diego CA?
If you have been charged with a criminal offense in San Diego California your primary concern may be that the disposition of your case does not require you to serve any time in jail or prison. A conviction itself, however, even if you are not sentenced to a period of “Will My Case be on My Criminal Record in San Diego CA?”
Sentencing: California Felony Convictions Increase Punishment under Federal Law
It is a federal crime for a convicted felon to be in unlawful possession of a firearm, and the ordinary maximum sentence for that crime is 10 years of imprisonment. However, under the Armed Career Criminal Act (Act), a convicted felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm is subject to “Sentencing: California Felony Convictions Increase Punishment under Federal Law”
Expungement of a Criminal Conviction in San Diego
In applications for professional licenses, California requires individuals convicted of crimes to demonstrate rehabilitation before offering a license in many areas of professional life. This includes, for instance, obtaining a job as a lawyer, doctor, nurse, dentist, contractor, banker, or real estate professional. Obtaining an expungement of a criminal record “Expungement of a Criminal Conviction in San Diego”
San Diego Criminal Courts Closing, Prisoner Early Release
The unprecedented California budget crisis has now resulted in the San Diego Superior Court closing every third Wednesday of the month, effective September 1, 2009. Court clerks have already cut-back to a shorter work day, and the court closing will put further strain on a majority of criminal court defendants and “San Diego Criminal Courts Closing, Prisoner Early Release”
Changes to Clearing a Criminal Record
California law has long provided a way to expunge certain criminal convictions for those individuals who are off probation and are not serving a sentence for any other offense. Unfortunately, the California legislature has started to chip away at the right to expunge a criminal record, now providing that qualifying individuals for certain crimes “Changes to Clearing a Criminal Record”