What is the name of your state? NY.
In 1996 I was charged with a class B misdemeanor in New York but had pled guilty to a violation, a non-criminal offense. Eventually in a year this resulted in the sealing (as per NY CPL 160.55) of certain criminal records like the fingerprints (sealed to NY state public agencies and licensing agencies, expungement from the FBI records), DA records and police records. I realize that the court record remains unsealed since a conviction took place(as per US constitution that court convictions are public records).
My question is about the DA and police records. NY is a 'closed record state" as far as police/rap sheet records go. So this means that the general public cannot do a background check from the police or NY DCJS records(as they can from the courts). Even f someone was convicted of a crime, the public cannot go into police/rap sheet records. So what does it mean when they say police records are sealed? What's the difference?
What do they mean about sealed DA (prosecutor's records) records? When DA records are sealed, I know it means they cannot be accessed, but if they were not sealed, who would be able to see them? The public?
In 1996 I was charged with a class B misdemeanor in New York but had pled guilty to a violation, a non-criminal offense. Eventually in a year this resulted in the sealing (as per NY CPL 160.55) of certain criminal records like the fingerprints (sealed to NY state public agencies and licensing agencies, expungement from the FBI records), DA records and police records. I realize that the court record remains unsealed since a conviction took place(as per US constitution that court convictions are public records).
My question is about the DA and police records. NY is a 'closed record state" as far as police/rap sheet records go. So this means that the general public cannot do a background check from the police or NY DCJS records(as they can from the courts). Even f someone was convicted of a crime, the public cannot go into police/rap sheet records. So what does it mean when they say police records are sealed? What's the difference?
What do they mean about sealed DA (prosecutor's records) records? When DA records are sealed, I know it means they cannot be accessed, but if they were not sealed, who would be able to see them? The public?