What is First Offender status in Georgia?

First Offender status in Georgia is offered to anyone that does not have a prior felony on their record and the good thing about it is that if you do First Offender status and you complete all the terms successfully, then your record is wiped clean and there is no record at all of any criminal conviction and your actually not pleading guilty. The bad part of First Offender sometimes is that if you do violate it, then you will lose it, and you can actually be resentenced and to a harsher penalty. So it’s very serious, it is definitely something to consider in most cases, especially with someone that has no prior criminal history.