Do I have a deferred prosecution if they told me they would not press charges?
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Do I have a deferred prosecution if they told me they would not press charges?
I was caught shoplifting from the store I work at. In exchange for returning the unused objects and paying what was left in loss, they told me they would not press any charges. Is this a deferred prosecution and is it going to be kept off of my record?
Asked on April 21, 2012 under Criminal Law, Arizona
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Deferred prosecution is something in the Arizona laws that allows a person who has been arrested and charged really a second chance. Deferred prosecution means that the court will hold off on prosecuting you while you complete a term of probation and during that probation a course of treatment or attend classes that court has assigned. If you complete them then the court drops the charges. Here you were not arrested or charged in the first place, correct? So it is not deferred prosecution and it will not be on your record. Learn from this break. Good luck.
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