Legal Question in DUI Law in Florida

This is really not an easy question to answer. In fact if you ask 10 different people you'll get 10 different answers. So, my answer is based SOLELY on what I personally would do and is not necessarily a "legal" opinion as there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

I suppose I would tend towards getting the 2007 charges expunged for a couple reasons. First, it involves a felony (although most lay people don't know it's a felony). Second, it is more recent. Third, while it was dismissed, employers may have a harder time looking past the fact that you were charged with a crime involving dishonesty or false statement (the fake ID). Of course, if your job involves a lot of driving, then the DUI may be more appropriate. So take my opinion for what it's worth, but couldn't hurt to ask others.

I would echo Craig's opinion. While both of your offenses involve alcohol, expunging the more recent offense would make more sense to me because it includes a felony, which presumably would appear as a felony on a background check, and because it is more recent in time. In my opinion, you'd have an easier time explaining away a six year old offense that was dismissed than a more recent, and more serious, offense.

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