I WAS CHARGED WITH A DUI 3RD AND A DRIVING ON A REVOKED. I HAVE ALREADY SERVED MY TIME FOR THOSE CHARGES. HOWEVER, NOW THAT I AM HOME AND LOOKING AT
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I WAS CHARGED WITH A DUI 3RD AND A DRIVING ON A REVOKED. I HAVE ALREADY SERVED MY TIME FOR THOSE CHARGES. HOWEVER, NOW THAT I AM HOME AND LOOKING AT
MY CHARGE, THE CODE ON THEM IS ALL WRONG, THE CODE FOR THE DUI 3RD IS A CODE THAT ISNT EVEN USED AND THE CODE FOR MY DRIVING ON A REVOKED IS THE CODE FOR MANSLAUGHTER. NOW THAT EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING AT MY CRIMINAL HISTORY AND THEY ARE SEEING MANSLAUGHTER WHEN THEY SHOULD BE SEEING DRIVING ON A REVOKED NO ONE WLL HIRE ME. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS.
Asked on June 21, 2009 under Criminal Law, Virginia
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
I'm not a Virginia attorney, and the exact procedure for something like this does differ from one state to the next. One place to find a qualified lawyer who can explain how it's done in your state is our website, http://attorneypages.com
You will have to contact the court where the conviction was entered, most likely, because any correction to your record will have to come from the source of the entry you need corrected.
And you have a constitutional right not to be carrying a "record" for a worse crime than anything you were actually convicted of. If the bureaucracy won't budge, get an attorney to budge them.
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