4 cannot avoid the effect of his prior pleas on his present sentence. Accordingly, we will affirm the judgment of sentence. This reflects a policy that defendants who receive the benefit of a rehabilitative sentence and continue to commit crimes should not be treated with further leniency. Convictions Set Aside or Defendant Pardoned. A number of jurisdictions have various procedures pursuant to which previous convictions may be set aside or the defendant may be pardoned for reasons unrelated to innocence or errors of law, e.g., in order to restore civil rights or to remove the stigma associated with a criminal conviction.
Sentences resulting from such convictions are to be counted.
However, expunged convictions are not counted. U.S.S.G. S 4A1.2, comment. Amster does not argue either of the dispositions in question was expunged.