can you have a felony expunged and drive??

expunged = it never happened

 

i think if he goes and tries to get it expunged BEFORE he gets his CDL permit he "might" be good to go..........at least here where i live, this is how it had been done. once the CDL permit is issued, its not doable anymore. have him try that.

 

If you get far enough out from the conviction, then yeah, some companies will look at an individual. I recall that a number of companies require 7 years from the date of conviction with no other problems on a persons record. If it's expunged and the record of the case is sealed, then he should have no problems at all.

 

*SIGH*, I hate drugs. I hate dealers and the people that use them. It's always the people around them that get hurt the worst, like your friend.

Anyhow, I hope for the best for him and thank you both for your service.

 

He shoud consider himself lucky if he can get it expunged, most States wiil not let you expunge conviction..... since its SIS he should be Okay....

 

From experience, I had an assault charge expunged 6 years ago(long story). Some states require you to show up(which they failed to mention) and enforce the expunge at that later date and it may have a fee(70 bucks for me). Just cuz the court says they will expunge it after so many years, doesn't always mean they will automatically do it on their own. You have to check up and make sure they do it.

And as for Uncle Sam taking someone with past drug charges, they only take you with a waiver. And even with a waiver, you are limited to what job you get, usually infantry or one of the most unwanted jobs. On top of that, the waiver means your automaticaly on strike 2 and it hurts your promotion rate. You will also be lie detected about it in order to get ordinance qual'd. You screw up, your gone. Second, at least how Navy and Airforce does it, if you get busted(drug related) or pop a drug test while you are still enlisted, you are gone, no mulligans. No honerable discharge, you get either "dishonerable" or "other than honerable" discharge depending on the paper-worker's mood. And then you have to tell your next employer why you don't have a honorable discharge.