Does Mississippi Law M.C. 99-19-71 apply to my circumstance?
04-01-2009 10:10 PM #2 Mr. Knowitall View Profile View Forum Posts Senior Member Join Date Sep 2005 Location California Posts 41,921 Re: Mississippi Expungement for Misdemeanor for False Pretenses You first say “I was charged with a felony for false pretenses”; you then say you were “only charged with a misdemeanor”. Did you mean convicted? Quoting Mississippi Code 99-19-71. Expunction of misdemeanor conviction of first offender upon petition. (1) Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, excluding a conviction for a traffic violation, and who is a first offender, may petition the justice, county, circuit or municipal court, as may be applicable, for an order to expunge any such conviction from all public records. Upon entering such order, a nonpublic record thereof shall be retained by the court and by the Mississippi Criminal Information Center solely for the purpose of determining whether, in subsequent proceedings, such person is a first offender. The effect of such order
04-01-2009 10:10 PM #2 Mr. Knowitall View Profile View Forum Posts Senior Member Join Date Sep 2005 Location California Posts 43,660 Re: Mississippi Expungement for Misdemeanor for False Pretenses You first say “I was charged with a felony for false pretenses”; you then say you were “only charged with a misdemeanor”. Did you mean convicted? Quoting Mississippi Code 99-19-71. Expunction of misdemeanor conviction of first offender upon petition. (1) Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, excluding a conviction for a traffic violation, and who is a first offender, may petition the justice, county, circuit or municipal court, as may be applicable, for an order to expunge any such conviction from all public records. Upon entering such order, a nonpublic record thereof shall be retained by the court and by the Mississippi Criminal Information Center solely for the purpose of determining whether, in subsequent proceedings, such person is a first offender. The effect of such order
