Assault & Battery First time offender law

[ritahudson63033]

I was terminated from my job on Friday, because of a past criminal charge. I worked at Mayo Clinic as a contract employee. I was fingerprinted and my fingerprints showed that I was arrested in 2003. AHCA required that I supply them with the facts of my arrest. I mailed AHCA the court proceeding and tone week later I was terminated. I received an Suspended Imposition Sentence and I was a first time offender. I was told by my lawyer that I would not have any problems with getting or staying hired. This incident happened over twelve years ago and this is the first time that I had any issue with employment. I need help.

 

[ElleMD]

Were you asked pre-hire about your criminal background and were you honest? What was the charge and what was the job?

 

[army judge]

I was terminated from my job on Friday, because of a past criminal charge. I worked at Mayo Clinic as a contract employee. I was fingerprinted and my fingerprints showed that I was arrested in 2003. AHCA required that I supply them with the facts of my arrest. I mailed AHCA the court proceeding and tone week later I was terminated. I received an Suspended Imposition Sentence and I was a first time offender. I was told by my lawyer that I would not have any problems with getting or staying hired. This incident happened over twelve years ago and this is the first time that I had any issue with employment. I need help.

You may have misunderstood your lawyer.
Any conviction, is just a conviction.
If one receives a diversionary sentence, or deferred program, the conviction still stands.
Some employers might not care, and some employers (depending on your position and duties), have no choice but to employ people without any criminal convictions, such as police officers, corrections officers, child care workers, school district employees, nurses or physicians, maybe, etc...

There are only two way you could say she or he was never convicted and be 100% truthful is to NEVER have any convictions, or to have the conviction(s) pardoned by the executive of the state, territory, or nation.


Maybe these articles will help shed more light on the issue for you:

http://definitions.uslegal.com/s/suspended-imposition-of-sentence-sis/

http://elsterlaw.com/suspended-imposition-sentence-sis/

http://www.expungemissouri.com/frequently-asked-questions.html

Your best explanation is at the end of this article by a Missouri lawyer:

http://www.stlouiscountybankruptcy....osition-of-sentence-and-your-criminal-record/