Domestic violence charges or convictions cannot be sealed in Colorado, unlike some felonies that can be sealed after living crime free.
“and domestic violence charges or convictions cannot be sealed in colorado so there is a reasonable way that someone could be charged with let's say a class six felony it's not an act of domestic violence they're a felon they lose their voting rights they lose their gun rights but under the laws that we have in colorado they can ask to seal their case later down the road if they've lived crime free that's for a felony that doesn't involve a domestic violence charge if another person gets a misdemeanor conviction for criminal a criminal misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence they lose their gun rights and they can never get them back they can't seal a domestic violence charge”
Alexis explains: "and domestic violence charges or convictions cannot be sealed in colorado so there is a reasonable way that someone could be charged with let's say a class six felony it's not an act of domestic violence they're a felon they lose their voting rights they lose their gun rights but under the laws that we have in colorado they can ask to seal their case later down the road if they've lived crime free that's for a felony that doesn't involve a domestic violence charge if another person gets a misdemeanor conviction for criminal a criminal misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence they lose their gun rights and they can never get them back they can't seal a domestic violence charge"
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Got into a DV case because of an ex I let back in the home and made my life very hard
he fought hard for me
they dismissed the whole case
their belief of my side and story and their knowledge in the legal system they were able to get my case dismissed
get my case dismissed