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.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

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.

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

Have you been to court over this matter?

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Originally Posted by Curlyben

Have you been to court over this matter ??

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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

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Originally Posted by lorimoss

never went to court,moved outa state after

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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

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Originally Posted by lorimoss

pretty much its been over nine years ago

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