My question involves criminal law for the state of: Indiana
I will keep it short. 7 years ago I came home to my wife cheating on me, I slapped her, they both left. The other guy called the police, I was arrested for domestic battery. The charge was reduced to simple battery.
I have almost completed my bachelors in criminal justice and I was at the final stage of the police applicant process. I went in for a polygraph, before the polygraph was to take place they ran a background check and disqualified me for domestic battery. I told them (in paperwork and in person PRIOR TO APPLYING) that i had a battery charge 7 years ago from slapping my wife. However they said that when they called the DAs office that she said it was domestic battery....
I immediatly called my lawyer and he said the conviction of domestic battery was vacated and replaced with a simple battery charge (which does not disqaulify me).
Whats the deal? Advice? I plan on calling the DA first thing in the morning and trying to figure this out.

