Expungement Granted for Client Convicted of Felony Fifth Degree Sale of a Controlled Substance

In 2010, Kelly Keegan’s client was pulled over in Scott County in a rental vehicle. After a search uncovered twelve packages of marijuana weighing almost one pound each, Kelly’s client was convicted of Felony Fifth Degree Sale of a Controlled Substance. Kelly’s client committed this offense after losing his job as a carpenter in the recession in an attempt to make quick money to keep his house. The offense served as a catalyst for change, with Kelly’s client returning to school to become a successful web developer. Despite strong opposition from the prosecutor, the judge agreed with Kelly that her client had rehabilitated and that the benefit to expunging his record outweighs any public disadvantage.