What does “Deferred and Dismissed” mean?
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What does “Deferred and Dismissed” mean?
I was arrested on 3 Municipal Ordinance Violations in 2008. All charges were dismissed after a year. After running my Colorado Bureau of Investigation report; the dispositions listed for each of the violations is “Deferred and Dismissed” I just want to confirm that the charges were indeed dismissed because I am currently job hunting and afraid that the arrest will hurt my chances of landing a job. Should the CBI list the dispositions just as “dismissed” rather than “Deferred and Dismissed”?
Asked on September 21, 2010 under Criminal Law, Colorado
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S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Deferred means that the matter was postponed; not that it was abolished. Dismissed means that it has ended and no further action will be taken in the matter. A disposition of your case may have been initially postponed and that is why it is listed as deferred. Since it was subsequently dismissed, it was ended. It would be preferable if it had just been listed as dismissed; however, since it was dismissed and is listed as dismissed, the case is no longer active and has ended without any future action.
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