In a criminal background check? Yes.
Without rehashing the prior discussion, it is possible to be sentenced to a year or more of incarceration and yet still spend less than a year incarcerated. Depending upon the case and the circumstances, a defendant might be sentenced to a year of incarceration with three months suspended, might be sentenced to a year of incarceration but released early for 'good time' or due to overcrowding.... It is necessary to investigate the terms of the original sentence.Quoting verde
For a first offender to get nine months of incarceration for an office, there's a good chance that the original charge was a felony, even if we assume that the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor as part of a plea bargain. That, also, is something he will have to verify.Quoting verde

