What is the name of your state? California.
I was caught shoplifting about $17 worth of stuff about a year ago. I was cited and released, and I showed up in court and plead guilty, because it was my first offense and I was kin of mortified and I just wanted to get it all over with. I guess they charged it as an infraciton, because when I was taking notes on it later, they told me it was penal code 490.1.
So, I found out that because it's an infraction, it is not eligible for expungement. =/ However, after reading up on the internet, I hear that as an infraction, it won't show up on my criminal record? So my question is, when I'm applying at a job with a private company, will they find out about it when they do a background check?
On another site I came across a lawyer's advice to someone saying that, on a job application to a private company, it might be prudent to deny ever committing a crime, and leave it up to the company to find it or not. Is that good legal advice? Is it a crime to lie to a private company about something like that?
Basically, here I am with a 490.1, and I want to show a clean record when I apply for work. What can I do, and what should I do?
And before anyone says it, yes, I am absolutely done with shoplifting forever. This has been one of the most stressful things I've ever dealt with.
Thank you.
I was caught shoplifting about $17 worth of stuff about a year ago. I was cited and released, and I showed up in court and plead guilty, because it was my first offense and I was kin of mortified and I just wanted to get it all over with. I guess they charged it as an infraciton, because when I was taking notes on it later, they told me it was penal code 490.1.
So, I found out that because it's an infraction, it is not eligible for expungement. =/ However, after reading up on the internet, I hear that as an infraction, it won't show up on my criminal record? So my question is, when I'm applying at a job with a private company, will they find out about it when they do a background check?
On another site I came across a lawyer's advice to someone saying that, on a job application to a private company, it might be prudent to deny ever committing a crime, and leave it up to the company to find it or not. Is that good legal advice? Is it a crime to lie to a private company about something like that?
Basically, here I am with a 490.1, and I want to show a clean record when I apply for work. What can I do, and what should I do?
And before anyone says it, yes, I am absolutely done with shoplifting forever. This has been one of the most stressful things I've ever dealt with.
Thank you.