PROVIDENCE, RI, May 11, 2012 (Press-News.org) Providence RI Criminal Defense Attorney John MacDonald has secured a precedent for helping clients resolve a client in a deferred sentencing expungement in Rhode Island. If you were granted a deferred sentence in Rhode Island prior to 2011, the recent changes in the interpretation of this law may prevent you from expunging your record under the guidelines of your agreement. As a result of the Supreme Court's recent decision, all defendant's with a deferred sentence secured before 2011 cannot expunge it after its five year period ended. Currently, those who obtained deferred sentences prior to 2011 must wait an additional ten years to expunge their criminal record.
Attorney MacDonald has recently developed a mechanism to expunge these records immediately. The filing of post-conviction relief allows the original deferred sentence to be opened. Once open, the conviction can then be dismissed and immediately expunged. He has secured this result already for multiple clients.
When asked what this means for those who fall between the old law and the new precedent, Attorney MacDonald said, "Unless you are pro-active and file post-conviction relief to enforce the expungement you bargained for and earned, you will be stuck with a felony conviction for the next 10 years."
About the Law Office of John E. MacDonald, Inc.
John E. MacDonald is a trial attorney practicing criminal defense, immigration law and post-conviction relief, and representing clients in state and federal court in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Mr. MacDonald is an honors graduate of Suffolk University Law School (1995) and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Rhode Island (1990). He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts as well as the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. MacDonald is also the author of the Rhode Island Criminal Defense Manual (4th Edition), the go-to manual used by criminal defense attorneys throughout Rhode Island. Mr. MacDonald is the former president of the Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Learn more about the Law Office of John E. MacDonald, Inc. at http://www.aggressivelegalservices.com/
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Law Office of John E. MacDonald, Inc.
1 Turks Head Place, Suite 1440
P.O. Box 1503
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 421-1440
(401) 421-1442
http://www.aggressivelegalservices.com/recent_law_firm_case_results.html
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Criminal Defense Attorney John E. MacDonald Secures Precedent for Deferred Sentence Expungements in RI
Providence RI Criminal Defense Attorney John MacDonald has secured a precedent for helping clients resolve a client in a deferred sentencing expungement in Rhode Island.
2012-05-11
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