My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Oregon
I'm 29 and I was arrested when I was 18 for interference with reporting of domestic violence because I hung up the phone on my dad when he called the police on my mom and sister when they were all fighting and it got out of control. Nobody else was arrested.
I was in jail for 23 days awaiting my pre trial. The public defender told me that I would have to wait 2 months for a trial and that I should plead guilty to get out of jail and it was all set up with prosecution that I would just have to do 1 year of probation and that if I got into trouble in the next two years then I would have to serve 1 year in jail for the DV charge in addition to whatever other charges there was at that time in the future. My probation officer said that this meant the judge didn't accept my guilty plea but that it was conditional on depending on my future behavior.
I did not get into trouble and have not been arrested since. I had clearance to serve in the military years ago and supposedly they don't allow anybody to serve even if DV was suspended sentence.
I pulled a background check on myself and it says.......
2000 DV 4th Iterference w/reporting -- Dismissed (oth def)
2002 DV 4th -- Dismissed
The application asks........
Have you EVER plead guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor or felony even if it was suspended or deferred?
But then the answer selection says..........
Yes, I have convictions
No, I have no convictions.
So I'm confused about the answer selection because if it was dismissed then is it still a conviction?
The answer selection doesn't seem to match the question. Or is this wishful thinking in hopes to avoid having to answer yes?

