It will be a part of your JUVENILE record which will become sealed to the public when you reach 18 years of age.
If you never appeared in court and officially "charged" with an offense, there can be no criminal history record of a conviction.
Under the ex post facto rule, you cannot be charged with a criminal offense if it was not a criminal offense at the time you committed it. By the same token, if you committed a criminal offense that has since been repealed (meaning this is no longer a criminal offense) you still are considered having a criminal record for that offense.
There is no SOL for criminal history records. If you committed an offense after your 18th birthday it is a permanent entry on your criminal history record.
This isn't a test that you can study for. It's very simple - if you have no criminal history, you won't have a problem. If you do.... it may be up to the school administration as to how serious they consider the offense, and/or how long ago it was committed.
No. Law enforcement will not eploy you if you have a criminal history unless (possibly) if it was a minor offense and you were a juvenile).
Typically, the class of crime committed will be listed under the criminal history section of a background check report. This section will provide details about the specific charges, convictions, and sentencing related to the criminal offense.
If you committed the offense after your 18th birthday it will remain a permanent part of your criminal history record.
A defendant is a person who has been charged with a criminal offense.
The ARREST record will still reflect that the arrest was for a felony offense, HOWEVER, if you are asked if you were ever CONVICTED of a felony, you can truthfully answer 'no.'
All states annotate their criminal records differently but my GUESS would be that it signifies that the offense was committed with Violence.
A person is a criminal when they have been convicted of a criminal offense. A criminal offense is one that has penalties that include any period of imprisonment, even if the imprisonment is not imposed as a consequence of the conviction.
They can be depending on the severity of the charge and the jurisdiction in which the offense was committed.