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    Default Felony Conviction Record for a Charge I Thought Was Reduced to a Misdemeanor

    My question involves civil rights in the State of: New Hampshire. I believe this would be a case of civil rights. If not then someone please tell me what it would fall under and I will post it to the appropriate forum.

    I will just start by saying that I was arrested when I was 18 for Grand Theft Auto, which was reduced to a misdemeanor for Joy Riding because I had the keys to the car.

    I am 43 years old now. I just found out that I have a felony on my record for Grand Theft Auto and there is no mention of it being reduced to a misdemeanor. So for 25 years now, I have been rejected for several jobs and had no clue why. One job was for the 911 service making 18 dollars an hour. It would have the highest paying job I have ever had. I have fantastic with computers and have a great personality, I have worked at several call centers and enjoy it. Yet when I tried to move on to better call centers, like the 911 job, I have been turned away. knowing that my skills are much more impressive than some of those other applicants that I met in the testing process. Oh and not to mention, getting turned down by the army in 1998.

    I can't prove much of this, except for the army, but I would like to know if there is a case to sue someone for not filing this issue correctly. For 25 years I have been clueless to the fact that there are people out there, they may have been looking at me like I was an ex felon. There has to be some thing that I can do. If not at least get my record fixed.

    Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
    John L. Bush

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

    Why did it take 25 YEARS to research your record if you were being denied jobs because of it for all that time? When the army turned you down in 1998, why weren't you all over this THEN?

    And, for the 911 job in particular, law enforcement would have known that the original charge was felony theft, even if it was later reduced (and they'd have evaluated it for your job suitability appropriately).

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

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    Why did it take 25 YEARS to research your record if you were being denied jobs because of it for all that time? When the army turned you down in 1998, why weren't you all over this THEN?

    And, for the 911 job in particular, law enforcement would have known that the original charge was felony theft, even if it was later reduced (and they'd have evaluated it for your job suitability appropriately).
    I didn't research it. I was told by a police officer that this was on my record. And no the 911 job would only see the same thing the police officer that told me about it say. That it was a GTA Felony charge. I told me it doesn't say a thing about being reduced.

    Thanks but no thanks for your help.

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

    Did you have another question?

    Or would you prefer to just...vent?

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

    It shows a GTA F charge or conviction? If it's showing the charge, it is accurate as that is what you were charged with.

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

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    I think governmental immunity is the real protection as the statute of limitations may have run on much of the damages, defamation may have been considered republished each time someone accessed the record.
    The conviction was abstracted by the court to the state a quarter century ago. That happened only once.
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    I didn't research it. I was told by a police officer that this was on my record.
    Nobody is disputing that there is a felony on your record.
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    I told me it doesn't say a thing about being reduced.
    Talking to yourself won't help.
    Quote Quoting JohnBush
    Thanks but no thanks for your help.
    Proving yourself to be an immature twit will do all of nothing to get this issue resolved. Again, you need to start by finding out what actually happened. The mistake may be entirely on your part.

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

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    The conviction was abstracted by the court to the state a quarter century ago. That happened only once.
    So, you would say there is not a republication when someone accesses the database? Single publication rule? This seems different from when it usually applies.

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

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    So, you would say there is not a republication when someone accesses the database? Single publication rule? This seems different from when it usually applies.
    Let's start with the question,
    Quote Quoting JohnBush
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    I would like to know if there is a case to sue someone for not filing this issue correctly.
    Obtaining data from the state, or from a private database, is not "filing this issue correctly". That's something that (may have) happened once, a quarter century ago.

    As for the question that wasn't asked, if you are assuming that the data is coming from the state's criminal records database, yes, they'll be immune for accurately reporting its contents.

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

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    I didn't research it. I was told by a police officer that this was on my record. And no the 911 job would only see the same thing the police officer that told me about it say. That it was a GTA Felony charge. I told me it doesn't say a thing about being reduced.

    Thanks but no thanks for your help.
    A felony "charge" is different than a felony "conviction". An accurate background record would show that you were charged for a felony, and that it was later reduced to a misdemeanor. Some employers care about actual charges just as much as actual convictions. Others care more about convictions. I would suspect that a 911 call center would care about charges as well as convictions...by matter of policy.

    Its unfortunate for you that your teenage joyriding session ended up haunting you for the long term. If more teens and young adults understood that their actions could haunt them forever, then life would likely be better for everyone.

    You could try to have your record expunged, however, unfortunately due to the internet and info that is out there all over the place, its unlikely that getting your record expunged would eliminate the information from every database out there. I honestly sympathize with you. You did something stupid at age 18 that is still haunting you at age 43. I seriously understand the frustration of that.

    However, its not anybody else's fault. You WERE charged with a felony.

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    Default Re: I Want to Sue the Town of Portsmouth New Hampshire or the State of New Hampshire

    The police or government job might see the felony arrest and the reduction as well. Just having the felony arrest for grand theft might cause a lot of places not to hire you.

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