When someone asks you if you have been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor. WHat does that mean?

Question

Ok, more detailed, does a conviction mean you've served time, or does that also include, you got some community hours and a fee?

Answer 1

Yes it includes convictions even if you served no time. Read it carefully, It usually asks if you have ever been ARRESTED or CONVICTED of a felony or a misdemeanor.

Answer 2

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Fill in what they asked for, do not volunteer the information. If the position is security related, they may ask later, answer then. How will it effect you, it depends, if it happened this year, it will have more impact, than if it was five or ten years ago. People make mistakes, so they put erasers on pencils. The longer you go since you made a mistake, the less it will effect your career. Telling the truth when asked is important, and revealing it when asked, is proper. Otherwise they do not care, they just do not want to hire a person who has been convicted of a serious crime. If it were theft, that could indicate a person with a felony may steal from the company, etc... If it were an assault, it could mean employees were endangered, etc.. A felony drug conviction, etc.. Even if a lie detector test were given, at the time of the exam, you simply tell the examiner about it, explain they never asked about misdemeanors. Then if there were a reaction to certain questions he could discount reactions if it were not a problem for the company....

Answer 3

Convicted Of A Felony

Answer 4

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When someone asks you if you have been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor. WHat does that mean?
Ok, more detailed, does a conviction mean you've served time, or does that also include, you got some community hours and a fee?

Answer 5

A "felony" is a more serious crime. Only certain crimes are felonies. Only certain crimes are misdemeanors, and it all depends on the state you live in.

Some crimes are always felonies, like murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping, because the White House (federal law) has deemed them so, and the central government overrides the state.

For example, a felony in Oregon may not be a felony in Washington, and vice-versa. It all depends. I know that in my state a theft is not a felony unless the stolen property is worth $200.00 or more.

...and "conviction" means that, after being handcuffed and given a court date, a judge has listened to the accusation against you and decided that you were indeed guilty of committing that accusation.

Answer 6

Felonies are heavyweight crimes [murder, armed robbery, etc.] and misdemeanors are like shoplifting, drunk in public, most traffic offenses, etc. Conviction means you were found guilty in court--the punishment is a separate issue, and can include community service, fines, etc., or time in jail or prison. It's the "guilty as charged" [conviction] they're asking about, not what penalties were imposed.

Answer 7

with felony you've done a crime which your guilty of and will serve time.

misdemeanor is for behavioural which you could get community services.

eg. a teenager stole a book will be convicted of misdemeanor either to clean up the park, help out in a children's/elderly home or wash dishes or something

Answer 8

I think you are confusing a conviction with punishment. A conviction means that the judge or jury said you were guilty. For this your punishment my e jail, fines, community service, or even probation. If this occurred before you were 18 and you are now over that age, it is a juvenile crime and you do not have to claim conviction on a job application form.

Answer 9

There are generally two parts to the process, and different organizations ask different questions: Arrest (even if you are later found innocent, or no charges are pressed, if you were arrested, you must say that you were arrested); Conviction (unless you are found innocent or the charges are dropped, then you are convicted, even if at sentencing you are only put on probation, so even if you do not spend a single day in custody, you must still say that you were convicted).

Answer 10

this means that the final determination of your criminal charge was a guilty verdict.

it doesn't mean that you served time.

in fact, you can have cases that do not have a guilty verdict where the person has probation for a period of years - but if the person stays out of trouble for that period of time - the charges will then be dismissed.

i've never seen an application that asked if you have ever been arrested or charged with a crime.

a friend of mine was charged with a crime, plead no contest to the facts and his case was 'continued without a finding' which is a fancy way for the court to say 'not guilty' but still apply some probation.

he's on probation for about 14 more months, then he has no criminal record and just has the rest of his life to live.