I am being promoted to a manager at work and it asks if I was ever convicted of a crime. In 2003 I was arrested for possession, then in 2011 my case was refused. How should I answer the question

Conviction comes from the courts as a judgement.

A conviction means you were charged and it went to trial and you lost...

Absent a court rulling in a trial declaring you guilty... there was no conviction.

A conviction means you were charged and it went to trial and you lost....

absent a court rulling in a trial declaring you guilty....there was no conviction.

But when the run a background check will it com up, because its on my record

Have you been to court over this matter?

Have you been to court over this matter ??
Never went to court,moved outa state after

No court, therefore NO conviction or charge.
What might show on the background check is the arrest.

That's what I thought, they know about it work,just wanted to get facts rite

never went to court,moved outa state after

You need to elaborate on that one...

Did you have a court date you skipped out on? Otherwise moving out of state would have no bearing on this.

Pretty much its been over nine years ago

pretty much its been over nine years ago

So basically it was dropped and there was not any no-show on your part...