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Deferred adjudication- Class B was dismissed ( disposed) Should I say Yes in employment application

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Thank you for your time and responding me. I was arrested in Texas, Aug 2010 and My case ( misdemeanor B) was dismissed in Oct 2010 after doing a 90hr community hrs of service, donating 250$ to a food bank and took a class of 6hrs. My Laywer told me that I was not convicted. I am applying for a company in TX and under security I have this below Question. Should I say Yes or No?
Have you been convicted by a court for violation of any federal, state, local, or military law, regulation or ordinance under your present or any other name? Include
all instances where nolo contendere (no contest) was pleaded, bail forfeited, sentence served or suspended, deferred adjudication, or fine paid. Your answer should
include all felonies, and class A and B misdemeanors as defined by the Texas law

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I agree with the other answers, but if the case was dismissed then it sounds like you went through a pretrial diversion. Because there was no fine, it sounds like a diversion program or memorandum agreement. I would say that you could answer no if it was not deferred and a program like I described. Ask your lawyer exactly what the terms of the disposition of the case were.
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So, you were placed on deferred adjudication, right? Then the answer is clearly a YES.
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If the question asks is you have ever been placed on deferred adjudication, and you were so placed, then there is only one answer....
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The Question tells you that you must include "all instances where nolo contendere (no contest) was pleaded, bail forfeited, sentence served or suspended, deferred adjudication, or fine paid. Your answer should include all felonies, and class A and B misdemeanors as defined by the Texas law."
Therefore, you need to answer "YES"... because you were placed on deferred adjudication.
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You answet "YES"...if you were given deferred adjudication, and the question asks about deferred, then you answer truthfully. Most applications have a comment section that allows you to offfer additional explanation, etc. But, you need to answer truthfully.
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You need to know if it was deferred adjudication, which it sounds like. Then, the answer would be yes, but definitely emphasize that the case was dismissed. If your lawyer says that it was "pre-trial diversion," which is less likely, it gets more complicated, because the plea was probably, at least possibly, confidential and therefore not public record, but probably did include a confidential plea of "no contest." Ask your lawyer.

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