My question involves criminal records for the state of:
I was charged with a misdemeanor 10 years ago. I was attacked my 11 men (I am 110 pounds) and I drew a handgun to make the guys flee. The guys did back off but I was arrested because drew a gun that wasn’t registered to me. My lawyer said that if I wouldn’t have admitted to drawing the gun, that the police would have released me. I was punished for defending myself and telling the truth! I have no other criminal record. My lawyer arranged a bargain with the prosecuting attorney that put me on unsupervised probation for 2 years along with the misdemeanor charge. My other option was trial with the risk of going to jail for up to 6 months. In Missouri the only charges that are eligible for expungement are DUI/DWI type charges. What are other options in Missouri to get rid of this charge? Would the charging judge be able to reverse the decision if I contacted him directly? Would it do more harm to file an appeal to a hire court or should I leave the charge alone since it happened 10 years ago? Can the record be sealed?

