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ScottDLS wrote:

AJSully421 wrote:

ScottDLS wrote:

AJSully421 wrote:10 years on any deferred unless you get it expunged, sealed, set aside, or non-disclosed.

It takes 5 years from when you get off to petition for any of those. Get Florida or Arizona.

Isn't it 10 years on a deferred felony? A misdemeanor CONVICTION is only 5 years. UCW in Texas is a Class A misdemeanor.

Last I looked at 411.171(4) and 411.1711, it did not clarify felony or misdemeanor for deferred. It does seem weird that it would be more time than if convicted, but that is what I read.

411.1711 outlines certain felonies that are lifetime DQ. Only place it is mentioned.

The way I read is CONVICTED includes DA in the case of misdemeanors. If a misdemeanor conviction is only a 5 year disqualification, then so is a DA. A felony CONVICTION is a lifetime disqualifier, then the code goes on to say 10 years after a FELONY, DA is no longer a conviction, except for certain ones.

And I think my "ETA" above and what you said are 100% in agreement.

OP, wait 5 or get Florida.

ScottDLS wrote:

AJSully421 wrote:10 years on any deferred unless you get it expunged, sealed, set aside, or non-disclosed.

It takes 5 years from when you get off to petition for any of those. Get Florida or Arizona.

Isn't it 10 years on a deferred felony? A misdemeanor CONVICTION is only 5 years. UCW in Texas is a Class A misdemeanor.

Last I looked at 411.171(4) and 411.1711, it did not clarify felony or misdemeanor for deferred. It does seem weird that it would be more time than if convicted, but that is what I read.

411.1711 (1) outlines certain felonies that are lifetime DQ. Only place it is mentioned.

ETA: I do seem to remember some discussion that "convicted" as defined in .171 includes misdemeanor DA as part of the 5 year time out, but that the .1711 was intended to remove what would be a lifetime DQ on a felony deferred, except for some crimes.

10 years on any deferred unless you get it expunged, sealed, set aside, or non-disclosed.

It takes 5 years from when you get off to petition for any of those. Get Florida or Arizona.