Having a felony conviction on your record can have a long-lasting impact on your life. First, you will likely have to serve time for the crime itself, and maybe pay fines and restitution. After that, there are ways that the law will limit your rights. For example, you will not be able to own a gun. If you choose to own a gun anyway, you can be charged with the Nevada crime of a felon in possession, which carries its own set of jail time and penalties. You will also lose your right to vote.
And yet this is still not all. In a child custody proceeding, the judge may not find it in the best interest of the child to live with a felon depending on what your crime is. You may be passed over for employment if a potential employer completes a background check. Landlords may not want to rent to you. For certain types of white collar crimes, you may not even be able to practice in your profession anymore, such as a doctor who loses his or her license to practice medicine after engaging in healthcare fraud. All of these things may not be fair because you have already completed your sentence, but unfortunately the social stigma against people with a felony record is very real.
That is one important reason why it is critical that you hire an aggressive Las Vegas criminal attorney as soon as possible if you have been arrested for a felony crime in Nevada.
The best way to avoid the stigma of a felony conviction is to avoid one in the first place, and will work hard to fight the charges against you. That may mean working to reduce the charges, have evidence thrown out, or even getting you acquitted if the case goes all the way to a trial.