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What is the name of your state? Arizona
Well I'll start with this was a stupid mistake on my part. I will try to be fairly direct with my questions but I must explain the case some. I am 16 and with 2 other friends we decided to shoot another person with a paintball gun. We knew the other kid, who is 16 also, since we all had played football with him. As being the only stupid thing I have ever done in my life I was the person who actually fired the shots. The shots were fired from a van, to prevent serious injury I waited for his face to be turned away from me and I fired to shots into his back from about 15-20 feet away. The next day I figured we would all get together and have a good laugh since he had shot at us with paintball guns. Well instead I soon got to meet Phoenix Police Assaults detective. The first thing that was odd was that I was read my miranda right at the highschool even though the even took place off of campus and we were not going to or from school. Since I was a minor I obviously chose not to talk at that time since they were not arresting me at that time and they had not charged me with anything. Well about a week later we had an interview at my house with the detective. He was charging me with simple assault since I had fired the weapon. He said the charges may not be picked up by the court and that I would be elligible for the diversion program if I plead guilty. My major concern was if the charges would stay on my record even after I was 18. He said they would not, so to prevent being charged with even more severe charges in court I did not contact a lawyer, I simply pleaded guilty to go to the diversion program. Well the case was picked up and I went to the diversion programs court building on a scheduled date.Too my surprise once I was there they told me that this would not be wiped off my record, and would stay with me for the rest of my life. And obviously now I could not change my plea and go get a lawyer to consult. Well my punishment was simply a informative day class that I had to attend once since I had never been in trouble before and my GPA is 4.3, since then I have attended the class and the case is now closed. My question, is there really no way for me to seal this or to remove it from my record when I am 18? Also, does Phoenix Police deserve any blame for misinforming me affecting my decision of whether to get a lawyer? Unfortunately my main concerns with the record is that for most of my life I have based around joining the Marine Corps at 18, and while I have talked to a recruiter and he said as long as I honest that it will probably not affect my enlistment but he could not guarantee anything. Well I am sorry for taking up so much of your time, this is the dumbest thing I have every done.
Thanks everyone,
Well I'll start with this was a stupid mistake on my part. I will try to be fairly direct with my questions but I must explain the case some. I am 16 and with 2 other friends we decided to shoot another person with a paintball gun. We knew the other kid, who is 16 also, since we all had played football with him. As being the only stupid thing I have ever done in my life I was the person who actually fired the shots. The shots were fired from a van, to prevent serious injury I waited for his face to be turned away from me and I fired to shots into his back from about 15-20 feet away. The next day I figured we would all get together and have a good laugh since he had shot at us with paintball guns. Well instead I soon got to meet Phoenix Police Assaults detective. The first thing that was odd was that I was read my miranda right at the highschool even though the even took place off of campus and we were not going to or from school. Since I was a minor I obviously chose not to talk at that time since they were not arresting me at that time and they had not charged me with anything. Well about a week later we had an interview at my house with the detective. He was charging me with simple assault since I had fired the weapon. He said the charges may not be picked up by the court and that I would be elligible for the diversion program if I plead guilty. My major concern was if the charges would stay on my record even after I was 18. He said they would not, so to prevent being charged with even more severe charges in court I did not contact a lawyer, I simply pleaded guilty to go to the diversion program. Well the case was picked up and I went to the diversion programs court building on a scheduled date.Too my surprise once I was there they told me that this would not be wiped off my record, and would stay with me for the rest of my life. And obviously now I could not change my plea and go get a lawyer to consult. Well my punishment was simply a informative day class that I had to attend once since I had never been in trouble before and my GPA is 4.3, since then I have attended the class and the case is now closed. My question, is there really no way for me to seal this or to remove it from my record when I am 18? Also, does Phoenix Police deserve any blame for misinforming me affecting my decision of whether to get a lawyer? Unfortunately my main concerns with the record is that for most of my life I have based around joining the Marine Corps at 18, and while I have talked to a recruiter and he said as long as I honest that it will probably not affect my enlistment but he could not guarantee anything. Well I am sorry for taking up so much of your time, this is the dumbest thing I have every done.
Thanks everyone,