Unlike New York, New Jersey does allow records of arrests and convictions to be expunged in certain circumstances. After you expunge your criminal record, all underlying documents relating to the arrest or conviction will be destroyed, and you are legally entitled to state that the arrest or conviction never occurred. Because the process is complicated [...]
Criminal Law Answers, Assistance and Commentary by NYC Criminal Lawyer Howard Weiner
Category Archives: Expungement of Record
Can I Expunge My New York Criminal Conviction?
I am often asked by people with New York criminal convictions from their distant past if they can expunge their records. New York is one of a handful of states where a criminal conviction — no matter how ancient or petty — cannot be expunged from one’s record, under any circumstances.
Requests to expunge usually come years [...]
New York’s Notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws Reformed
On April 7, 2009, New York’s Legislature enacted historic revisions to the notoriously harsh Rockefeller Drug Laws. Many of the changes became effective immediately, applying to cases pending at the time the legislation was signed. As detailed in this 2009 Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Sentencing Chart, for most first time drug offenders, imprisonment is no [...]
Daily Headlines
NORML.ORG US CA: City To Pot Shop: Move
July 28, 2010