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What is the difference between “adjudicated guilty” and a “withhold” of adjudication?

April 26, 2017adjudication

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What is the difference between “adjudicated guilty” and a “withhold” of adjudication?

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When you enter a plea to an offense the judge can either adjudicate you guilty (if an adult), adjudicate you delinquent (if juvenile), or “withhold adjudication” of guilt or delinquent. Only charges that were either dropped or had a “withhold of adjudication” can be expunged or sealed.