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    Dec 12, 2008, 07:40 AM
    Vacate a judgement
    I need to explore the options of vacating one of my two petit theft convictions. What are the chances to vacate the last one from 01/23/07? What are the legal requirements?
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    Dec 12, 2008, 07:46 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by etrumper View Post
    I need to explore the options of vacating one of my two petit theft convictions. What are the chances to vacate the last one from 01/23/07? What are the legal requirements?

    What State?
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    Dec 12, 2008, 07:49 AM
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    Dec 13, 2008, 06:54 AM
    Hello e:

    Convictions aren't vacated. They're either expunged or they're pardoned. For either of those two procedures, you're going to need a lawyer.

    Sure, you don't actually NEED a lawyer, but during the hearing you're going to have a prosecutor telling the judge that you're a very bad man and that you should never have received such a light sentence in the first place... So, I'd want my lawyer there telling the judge something else.

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    Dec 13, 2008, 07:28 AM

    Also theft convictioons are not judgements. A judgement occurs in a civil suit, not a criminal process.

    What grounds do you have for expunging?
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