Florida Traffic Law

Young dumb prosecutors that think its okay to "adjudicate" people at arraignments and public defenders that think a misdemeanor adjudication has no ramifications. First time offenses should always be a "withhold of adjudication" unless prohibited by law. Misdemeanors, in general, should be withholds. Adjudications of guilt in misdemeanor cases impact lives. Realize this.   Eric J Dirga is an Orlando Criminal and Traffic Defense Attorney that prepares, files, and represents people who want to seal or expunge their criminal records.

Any one who has ever plead guilty to a minor criminal offense realizes the huge black mark that it makes in today's computer age. People today can just do a search for "background check" and find hundreds of private companies willing to take their money to provide them with a little information on someone they are curious about. Unfortunately, what people find when they search is just the cover of the book - they don't bother to understand the circumstances of the offense which can't be discerned from a brief glance of the public record.  They read "theft" and they think "thief" rather than teenager acting on a dare. Florida has passed a law that allows people to clear up one criminal offense that has been dismissed or had adjudication withheld. This seems trivial to prosecutors, who often times argue that it is legalized lying, but for the person with the black mark an expungement can make the difference between getting a job and being un...