A process where you take a plea of guilty and go through a rehabilitation process on probation, doing your time for about two years, but no conviction actually enters; upon successful completion you can petition to have charges sealed.
Only available in certain circumstances and certain cases; consult an experienced domestic violence attorney.
“now the question is do you get your guns back truthfully the only way that you get your guns but your gun rights back after you've been charged with an act of domestic violence is one to beat the charge in other words don't have a conviction enter or if you enter into something like a deferred sentence where the case remains open but the conviction doesn't enter against you after the period of time that you've gone through probation done everything for your deferred sentence then you can get your guns back but the only way you get your guns back when you're charged with domestic violence is to not have a domestic violence conviction enter”
“The other thing is, is with DUIs, they don't always have to stay on your record. So, depending on the case, what happens with it, we may be able to get you what's called a deferred sentence, which means if you do everything the way that you're supposed to do it, and go through the classes and treatment, then you could have it dismissed from your record if we get that. We could also get it lower so that your license isn't taken away, and there are a couple of different things that we can do to make your life a lot more bearable during this process.”
“now when you're looking at domestic violence convictions a conviction is not able to be sealed in the state of colorado however there are ways that if you are charged with domestic violence you can prevent that domestic violence conviction from entering and then eventually get the charges against you sealed the way that that works often is it will go through a process called a deferred sentence”
“this is only available in certain circumstances in certain cases so you need to consult with an experienced domestic violence attorney in order to see if you're eligible for this but in a deferred sentence situation you would be charged with a domestic violence crime and then you would take a plea of guilty go through basically a rehabilitation process where you're essentially on probation doing domestic violence classes and doing your time for about two years but no conviction actually enters”
“if you successfully complete a deferred sentence then you can petition the court to have your domestic violence charges sealed in other words you can ask the court to change the record or prevent the general public from seeing that you ever charged and arrested for a domestic violence crime remember though that is only available if you don't actually have a domestic violence conviction a conviction a plea of guilty straight up to a conviction for domestic violence can never be sealed or expunged”
“there are ways that if you are charged with domestic violence you can prevent that domestic violence conviction from entering and then eventually get the charges against you sealed the way that that works often is it will go through a process called a deferred sentence”