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It's been a while since this post. I thank all who replied. As of March 2016 I have been successful in obtaining a signed order by a judge to set the conviction aside. Done! Rights restored. It cost $1k to an attorney, trip to MI and less than 30 seconds in front of the judge.

LTC...... Coming soon.

Keith B wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:If it was Deferred Adjudication over 10 years ago, you should be fine.

Otherwise, I'm guessing you've got a problem.

See GC §411.1711 for details

Not necessarily. Example, if the felony conviction was for possession of marijuana, then it may have been a felony at that time, but now the possession of the same amount may only be a misdemeanor. If so, then the law for what the penalty is now covers the offense. So, he may be eligible for a CHL in that manner.

See GC §411.172 (b-1) http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/D ... GV.411.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(b-1) An offense is not considered a felony for purposes of Subsection (b) if, at
the time of a person’s application for a license to carry a concealed handgun, the
offense:
(1) is not designated by a law of this state as a felony; and
(2) does not contain all the elements of any offense designated by a law of this
state as a felony

I checked the status and it is currently under legal review. I believe the above is what they are looking at to make the determination. I checked TX current laws and if I'd of done now what I did over 20 years ago, it's no longer considered a felony. My charge was in MI. We shall see....... I think it has a good chance. Hoping anyhow.

Beiruty wrote:The only way, I guess, is to petition for record to be sealed, set aside, purged, nullified or whatever the legal process is called.

That will be my next adventure. I'm hoping I can get this approved............

Thank you for replying

Team,
I have submitted my app with all the docs, here's the catch and why I'm freaking out. I was convicted of a felony when I was 19, 21 years ago it was a dumb drug charge I know and since I'm squeaky clean however I checked in on the status and I was told that I passed all the background checks including the FBI fingerprint background and I am all clean but since I self reported (I was honest) and even submitted the court dispositions the application has been handed over to a technician for what ever it is they do.
Does anyone know where to go from here? I have passed NIX checks. Any positive words from the team here?

Thanks