Hello forum, I have been a U.S. permanent resident since 2012, originally case as a grad student, but employed as a software engineer since 2014.
My problem is, that I've picked up a few misdemeanor offenses in these years:
In 2015, I got a CWOF (Continuation Without a Finding, sort of not-quite-but-almost-conviction), on a Negligent Operation charge (Reckless Driving in more common English).
In Nov. 2017 - a friend and I went to hunt a turkey for Thanksgiving - but were sort of clueless about the laws of the area, got caught by a Fish and Game warden and got a Hunting Trespass and Hunting without a hunter license violations :-(
Now most recently, was shooting paper targets with an airgun in a remote ravine what turned out to be technically part of a county park - and am being charged with Unlawful discharge of Firearm - yep, for an airgun.
I didn't get any jail time for any of this, only fines and driver education class for the reckless driving (which I did not do, got thrown in with about 10 other people for it, 3-4 of which were doing wheelies on the highway, but the DA didn't care who exactly did what) fines for the hunting violations...
The shooting arraignment is still scheduled for March. I was told that jail time for this is extremely unlikely, given no actual harm was done and that it was an airgun not real firearm - but I'm concerned about any fallout from having 4 such misdemeanors (if you count CWOF as a conviction) on my record as a Permanent Resident? I'm afraid that if I plea guilty the record will just say "Discharge of Firearm in county park" and I'll have a hard time trying to convince anyone down the line that I was shooting paper targets with an airgun in a remote ravine, and not shooting a shotgun in Central Park with kids running around or something :-/
I don't think any of this can be a CIMT can it?
Also, the sum of possible theoretical jail time for these crimes doesn't add up to 5 yrs even if the maximums were summed up for all the charges including the non-conviction of reckless driving/negligent operation.
Is there any risk of not being admitted to the U.S. after a travel abroad?
Thank you in advance for your info!
My problem is, that I've picked up a few misdemeanor offenses in these years:
In 2015, I got a CWOF (Continuation Without a Finding, sort of not-quite-but-almost-conviction), on a Negligent Operation charge (Reckless Driving in more common English).
In Nov. 2017 - a friend and I went to hunt a turkey for Thanksgiving - but were sort of clueless about the laws of the area, got caught by a Fish and Game warden and got a Hunting Trespass and Hunting without a hunter license violations :-(
Now most recently, was shooting paper targets with an airgun in a remote ravine what turned out to be technically part of a county park - and am being charged with Unlawful discharge of Firearm - yep, for an airgun.
I didn't get any jail time for any of this, only fines and driver education class for the reckless driving (which I did not do, got thrown in with about 10 other people for it, 3-4 of which were doing wheelies on the highway, but the DA didn't care who exactly did what) fines for the hunting violations...
The shooting arraignment is still scheduled for March. I was told that jail time for this is extremely unlikely, given no actual harm was done and that it was an airgun not real firearm - but I'm concerned about any fallout from having 4 such misdemeanors (if you count CWOF as a conviction) on my record as a Permanent Resident? I'm afraid that if I plea guilty the record will just say "Discharge of Firearm in county park" and I'll have a hard time trying to convince anyone down the line that I was shooting paper targets with an airgun in a remote ravine, and not shooting a shotgun in Central Park with kids running around or something :-/
I don't think any of this can be a CIMT can it?
Also, the sum of possible theoretical jail time for these crimes doesn't add up to 5 yrs even if the maximums were summed up for all the charges including the non-conviction of reckless driving/negligent operation.
Is there any risk of not being admitted to the U.S. after a travel abroad?
Thank you in advance for your info!
Legal Permanent Residency: Is Permanent Resident Status / U.S. Re-Entry in Danger with These Misdemeanors
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