What legal actions should or could i take?

by **ardwyad** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:46 am

I was placed on deferred adjudication april 20th 2011. I had two charges, one was dropped and the other reduced to a class A misdemeanor. I was fined two thousand all together. I am a third of the way done. I was not convicted but plead guilty. I was told by my lawyer and the judge that once i have successfully completed deferred adjudication, that the charge would be dropped. The other day I applied for a job at Texas a@m university and they did a background check on me. It came up as me being convicted with a state jail felony. I am infuriated with this, I have no criminal record other than this, and it probably has kept me from getting other jobs as well. Isn't that defamation of character and causing a hardship? I have all the paperwork I was given. I called dps and they told me to contact my county clerk. I did and im resolving this matter, and having the error fixed but that isnt good enough for me. I want to take up arms and take it to the county. What could I do, and what should i?

by **vipponah** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:49 am

You can do nothing. It was a clerical error, they are fixing it. That is the end of the story. The courts are not liable for such errors.

by **fionnbharr** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:55 am

It sounds like even though you say you were not convicted if you plead to something - it is the same as a conviction. As for the deferred adjudication, you have not completed it so it will still be on your record until you have completed, the original charges are still there and if you fail to complete any and all conditions you can be facing them again.

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