My question involves criminal law for the state of: CA
I had my arraingnment this morning. the judge asked me if i wanted to plead guilty and pay 120.00 fine plus 3 yrs prohbation and a 1 day class or i could get a public defender. i went with the public defender because i want to maybe get the charges lowered from petty theft to a lower charge. i dont want this on my record perman. since i do plan on moving past this and pursuing my goal of being a nurse. my question is, how long are petty theft convictions on your record? is it forever or a certain amount of years? again this is for the state of CA

