heres my story:

A year ago i shoplifted, and had a deferred sentence for 12 months. I complied with all of the conditions of the deferrment.

It is now 13 months past the court date, I had a background check done, and the theft charges are still on my record.

Why is this?

After successful completion of the probation period for the deferred conviction shouldnt my record be clean? (like it was never there)

My understanding was that after one year of the court date, if i followed all of the outlines set by the judge (which i have), I would have a "clean slate".

such that, when a background check is being done, nothing bad will show up...

is it possible they just havent taken this off my record yet???


Thanks for any of your help.