Withhold of Adjudication in Florida: What It Is, Who Qualifies, and What It Does Not Erase
A withhold of adjudication lets a Florida judge accept a plea without convicting you — probation instead of a conviction under § 948.01. But it is not an eraser: the record stays public, immigration law still counts it, and some charges can never receive one. Who qualifies under § 775.08435, what a withhold protects, and where it falls short.