Domestic violence charge: dismissal vs. plea to infraction?

averagej0e

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Hi all,

My wife is charged with 53a-182 disorderly conduct misdemeanor, we hired an attorney and have two options right now:

1. Attend pre-diversion program and charges will be dismissed without entering guilty plea. This works for us but will take more time and money.
2. Plea guilty to 53a-181a infraction and pay fine. This is quicker and less expensive process.

I investigated and it doesn't seem to me that infraction is considered conviction for immigration purposes, but I still think that case dismissal is the best possible outcome, on the other hand, I don't want to spend extra time/money if we can do just fine with pleading guilty to infraction.

Let me know. We have court date next week and need to inform our attorney about our decision by that time.

Thank you.
 
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