Re: I was also denied an Illinois FOID Card

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dont seal your record expunge it you should be able to do
that by yourself.

On 9/13/07, CJ wrote:
> When I was 17 years old, I was charged with posession of
> Marijuana with intent to deliver - a felony, and they
> charged me as an adult. However, in Illinois there is a
> special class of probation called 710 or 1410 probation,
> a "get out of jail free" card for first time cannabis drug
> offenders. A plea of guilty is entered for the term of
> your probation, but then the case is dismissed if you
> successfully complete probation (which I did). Now at age
> 28, I applied for a FOID card and was denied, with the
> state police stating my background check showed I had a
> felony on my record. I know I'm not a felon, I'm
> registered to vote for Christ sakes! It turns out that
> the systems that Illinois is keeping criminal records on
> are so outdated that it is making a large group of people
> who got a special probation status look like Felons,
> because they are literally using MS DOS in the Lake County
> Courthouse to keep records.
>
> Any lawyers out there know what I should do? I already
> hired an attorney to take care of sealing my record, but
> the very definition of sealing a record explicity allows
> the state police to see your record! How do I convince
> the State Police I'm not a Felon? I'll give a lawyer a
> few hundred bucks if they can get my card for me!