Asked 1/25/2016 – New Braunfels, TX

I’m doing this on behalf of my brother. He committed credit card fraud by using 3 cards that amounted to less than 1k. This happened when he was 19 years old(2001) He is now 34 years old. At the time he spent jail time for two weeks and convicted with state jail felony. He did his 5 years of probation successfully. However, prior to his conviction he was of course given a court appointed lawyer. My family couldn’t afford a lawyer at the time and liking back I had wished I was able to help. His court appointed lawyer had told him to accept the felony charge instead of differed adjudication due to risk of deportation. To me it did not make sense, as he never committed any other crime as that was his first. Furthermore, he was a legal permanent resident. He made a terrible mistake he wished he would have never committed. Well, he was then fortunate enough to be able to enlist in the Army and served honorably for 10 years and he is now out of the military this year and he is not able to find jobs because of the felony convection.

Answer

If a final conviction was entered, it is just that, final. The only was to remove this conviction is by pardon of the Governor.