Re: Can a felony be expunged?

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> On 12/11/05, Sarah wrote:
>> law enforcement arrested me a few months ago for poss. of
>> a ficticious ID... I am 19 years old, and have always
>> wanted to become a paralegal, and then eventually go to
>> law school and become an attorney. I'm afraid law schools
>> will not allow me in with a felony on my record, and even
>> more, the american bar association might not ever let me
>> become an attorney....
>>
Don't know FL law but I'm surprised that a fictious ID is a
felony there. Were you charged and has your case been
decided? best advice, contact a criminal lawyer and discuss
it. My advice is about the law school and bar process: just
tell them the truth, all of it. don't try and get the record
expunged, they probably will find out about it eventually
anyway. I had an incident as a juvenile that I didn't think
was an arrest or charge so didn't report it when I applied to
law school. Big mistake, found out when I took crim law that
I should have reported it. I did right away but still had to
go before a disciplinary committee and all of that. What a
nightmare. Almost got me kicked out, probably would have been
if they had found it on their own instead of me self-reporting
it. Honesty is always the best policy, especially if you can
convince the powers that be that you are rehabilitated. A guy
convicted of murder (I might be mistaken it may only have been
manslaughter) in Ohio served his sentence, went to law school
and was admitted to the bar. If he passed the process it's not
impossible to do it with a fictious ID charge, but you may
have to relocate to Ohio. Good luck.