Walk It Through: The Old Charge Online
A dismissed case that still shows up, a charge from a stranger using the same name, and what may be said after.
A charge was dismissed last spring, not as part of a plea deal. A landlord found it online this fall.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A dismissed misdemeanor and a mistaken identity. A conviction the person did commit, which Alaska's statutes here do not seal, and juvenile records are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- RefusalRefusing the chemical test after a DUI arrest is a class A misdemeanor of its own, and its sentence runs after any other.
- SealingClosing criminal justice information that resulted from mistaken identity or a false accusation, after which the person may deny the arrest, charge, conviction or sentence it shows.