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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
In 2001 I ran into a little trouble which resulted into a felony conviction of California health and safety code 11379(a). The order of events that took place would inevitably follow me wherever I now go. While I was in college, I was jogging to the gym on campus one night and on the way saw someone I thought looked like a former roommate of mine so I said hi. It turned out not to be her but we ended up talking for awhile. After awhile she said she wanted to hang out sometime, I agreed, and then she asked me if I could get some ecstasy for her. I liked her, and knew where I could get it so I did. As it turned out, she was an undercover police officer who had decided to arrest me as soon as I did this for her a couple of days later. This arrest eventually turned into a conviction, as I had pled guilty in order to avoid jail time. This was also necessary in order to avoid losing my bachelors degree in which I had worked so hard to achieve(the arrest took place at a Mexican food place which was off the campus yet was on property owned by the school). I do not condone my actions, especially being a veteran I should have known better. Yet still feel somewhat a victim in the scenario as the action was extremely out of character for me and to this day I am still being punished for it.
I applied for my Real Estate broker’s license a few years back and although the felony was expunged in 2003, I still had to disclose the conviction to state licensing. The procedure that followed because of this disclosure was hideous and took a couple of years. Even after going through this process my license was denied.
So here comes the question. Does the denial of my license and this process I had to go through to get my license constitute a double jeopardy scenario? I have to tell you this really feels like an endless punishment. The fact that I have been denied a career, which I worked so hard to get… it makes me sick every time I think about it.
In 2001 I ran into a little trouble which resulted into a felony conviction of California health and safety code 11379(a). The order of events that took place would inevitably follow me wherever I now go. While I was in college, I was jogging to the gym on campus one night and on the way saw someone I thought looked like a former roommate of mine so I said hi. It turned out not to be her but we ended up talking for awhile. After awhile she said she wanted to hang out sometime, I agreed, and then she asked me if I could get some ecstasy for her. I liked her, and knew where I could get it so I did. As it turned out, she was an undercover police officer who had decided to arrest me as soon as I did this for her a couple of days later. This arrest eventually turned into a conviction, as I had pled guilty in order to avoid jail time. This was also necessary in order to avoid losing my bachelors degree in which I had worked so hard to achieve(the arrest took place at a Mexican food place which was off the campus yet was on property owned by the school). I do not condone my actions, especially being a veteran I should have known better. Yet still feel somewhat a victim in the scenario as the action was extremely out of character for me and to this day I am still being punished for it.
I applied for my Real Estate broker’s license a few years back and although the felony was expunged in 2003, I still had to disclose the conviction to state licensing. The procedure that followed because of this disclosure was hideous and took a couple of years. Even after going through this process my license was denied.
So here comes the question. Does the denial of my license and this process I had to go through to get my license constitute a double jeopardy scenario? I have to tell you this really feels like an endless punishment. The fact that I have been denied a career, which I worked so hard to get… it makes me sick every time I think about it.
