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June 28, 2011

Terrina

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I was with a mutaul friend on May 4, 2009 who was caught with drugs and i was let go that same night. Well, after a month of him in jail he wouldn't plead out so they ended up charging me and i sat 9 days in jail with mutual charges until he agreed to plea out. Once he plead out my charges were DROPPED. Yet it still shows on my record that i was arrested for possession with intent to deliver cocaine. I was innocent and NEVER proven guilty yet it is still on my backround check and i can't find a job anywhere. I just graduated college in May with 3 years of Criminal Justice, including an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice. I dont understand why this is still on my record when i was NEVER convicted of anything. I was pretty much in the wrong place at the wrong time. What should i do?

July 9, 2011

Mathew Higbee, Esq

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Michigan laws allows a person to file a written motion to a court to seal records pertaining to a case. The case can be sealed in part or in whole. The written motion must identify a "specific interest" for the sealing, and that there are no less restrictive alternatives. If granted, the order will only seal the court records of the case—not the records held by law enforcement agencies such as the arresting agency or the Department of State police.

The court will only grant it if there is "good cause" and "there is no less restrictive means to adequately and effectively protect the specific interest asserted." The court will consider the interest of the parties involved in the case as well as the interest of the public in having access to the records. Under another court rule, Rule 8.119(E), there is a strong presumption in favor of public access to court records and keeping the records public.

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