FELONY CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGED

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THE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY THE LAWYER. THE RESULTS DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE.

On April 30, 2012, an attorney from Weiland Upton appeared in a Virginia Circuit Court with a client who was originally charged with felony unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. After getting the case dismissed the attorney successfully convinced the judge to expunge the client’s record.  Thanks to the attorney’s effort, the client not only avoided a serious felony conviction, but as a result of the expungement his record is now perfectly clean and there is no record of the arrest.

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