Perhaps it's a statute that can be charged either way - what California calls a "wobbler". You were convicted of one or the other, not both.
It just sounds weird to me.
You indicate that you've been convicted, so what's the point of this question? Your conviction charge is your conviction charge.
I know. But, I guess what I am getting at is this...I was just wondering if I could use this to fight for a higher upgrade and a change to certain codes in my discharge from the military. A part of me feels that the most of the case was handled poorly by my lawyer and the prosecuter.
This was a federal charge? Expungement is not an option.
This is not what I have been told. But, then again, I was also adviced that because I made clemancy (which essencially reduced my sentence), that I would not have to worry about things like expungement or pardons. That basically I am not in the system.
It doesn't sound like it has hurt you much at all. We don't know anything more than you've told us, which isn't much, so what more are we supposed to say?
It has hurt me a lot. I mean, granted, if the above statement is true about clemancy, which means I can stop putting down that I was convicted of a crime, it hurts me in that I would love to join the Army, however, the reenlistment code makes that impossible. And forget about government jobs, I highly doubt they are going to take me based on my character, which has never faultered throughout this whole ordeal.
And I am sorry about the lack of information, I don't know exactly what is safe to put down based on the guidelines of this forum.
Thanks for your advice and maybe you can give me a hint at what information about my case I can put down.
Fenrir, NY

