How to Get a Pardon, Expungement, or Overturn a Conviction

[d4imon]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: GA

I have a Felony Conviction that was a young dumb crime. Now its 16yrs ago and back then i was just 3 days over 18 when it happoned. I had a lawyer and the DA apparently said that i was to made an example of and did not want me to persue a first affender as i was goin too and instead i was scared and made a plea deal. Now all these years later i was under the impression that my lawyer said i could have my record cleaned after everything was completed. This was apparently a misslead for me to agree with the plea deal or just miss understanding on all parts. I went today to file paperwork for expungement and was told under a conviction it cannot be expunged. This is heart breaking news and im trying to better my way of life and my familys well being and hard of course to find a better job and even living is hard to find places that will except a Felon.

I was wondering what are some conditions to have a old ruleing over turned? The reason i ask that is when i was arrested the law had just been changed and it would of been a miss instead of a felony and ive heard of cases where the law changed and it was so close to when the law was changed that they was charged under the older law.

And if this is not a possible feat than how likely is it to get a Pardon with everything else being clean on me and even the probation Officer i had then claimed how did i even get in trouble cause im just a good person. But anyway, i have no anything pending, clean record, clean living,and have a family and married for 10 yrs now.

[flyingron]

The fact that the law was subsequently changed to reduce it or even if it suddenly became legal doesn't alter your criminal record. There's no expungment of conviction in GA. If you were ineligible for first offender status, you're screwed. Georgia is not very easy to get pardons in anyhow. You can talk to a lawyer about your chances, but they appear not too strong.

[aaron]

You can find information about pardons and the application process here.

[d4imon]

Thanx for the info, I was ya know how it goes bullied in making a plea deal. I wanted to pea first offender but according to my lawyer then they was gonna fight me over me to plea first offender and being 18 at the time when they say u may get the full sentence if they fight u for the first offender vs, a plea deal i felt better on the plea deal and plus my lawyer told me then i could have my record cleaned after i had finished everything which was apparently pretty much impossible.

And i was curious about the over turning conviction because i heard on the news recently that a man was lets say being charged but the law was a mis and within the days or week be for the law a been changed to a fel. I know when i was arrested the officers had to look it up cause they wasnt sure because in my case it was a miss and had changed to a fel very close to when i was arrested.