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Virginia Code § 19.2-392.2 provides the skeleton of what it takes to be eligible for an expungement. The final disposition of the case must be acquittal, nolle prosequi, or "the charge [was] otherwise dismissed." "Otherwise dismissed" is the disposition that typically...
If you were convicted of a felony, restoring your civil rights is the first door to get through to obtain a pardon and to have your right to possess a firearm restored. The restoration of rights restores the rights to vote, to run for and hold public office, to serve...
Va. Code § 18.2-308.2 prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from possessing or transporting a firearm. Likewise, if you were adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of an offense of murder, kidnapping, robbery by the...
The consequences of "adjudications of juvenile delinquency" are severe. If a juveniles adjudicated delinquent for a crime that would be a felony if committed by an adult saddles that kid with the label "FELON" for the rest of his life. If a juvenile 14 years of age or...