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Texas law can decide what Texas considers a conviction for Texas CHL purposes.

WildBill wrote:

Lambda Force wrote:

Pjl169 wrote:This is what I'm most confused about and why I posted.... If I was never convicted, how does that make it in eligible? Secondly, if PA calls it an uncoded misdemeanor how does that transfer to being a class a or b in Texas?

First, if you weren't convicted, why did you have to take classes and pay fines? Why was your license suspended? That doesn't usually happen with a "not guilty" verdict so it sure sounds like you were convicted, even if Pennsylvania calles it something else. Second, it's a Texas license so the Texas DPS can use the Texas category of the crime.

In some states, an expungement means that you can legally say that you were not convicted.

If it's not the truth then it's not the truth, even if the law says you can lie.

Pjl169 wrote:This is what I'm most confused about and why I posted.... If I was never convicted, how does that make it in eligible? Secondly, if PA calls it an uncoded misdemeanor how does that transfer to being a class a or b in Texas?

First, if you weren't convicted, why did you have to take classes and pay fines? Why was your license suspended? That doesn't usually happen with a "not guilty" verdict so it sure sounds like you were convicted, even if Pennsylvania calles it something else. Second, it's a Texas license so the Texas DPS can use the Texas category of the crime.