Hire a good defense attorney. If it is your first contact with the system and it's ag assault they may remand it to a misdemeanor or give you ARD which would require you to go to anger management classes.
Any charge that is dropped does remain on your record as an arrest, if indeed you were arrested for it. It just doesn't show as a conviction.
state can pick up the charge if they want.
Going ONLY on the information disclosed in the question - -It is stated the criminal assault charges were dropped, but no mention is made of the the no-contact order being lifted.Even if the assault charge was dropped - if the no-contact order was not lifted you may NOT go home and/or contact your partner.
About 90%. No victim no crime
If you were charged with a felony assault and the charges were dropped, you do not have a criminal record. The charges can be picked up by the state at a later date.
What kind of jobs you can't get with and assault charge?
An assault committed upon your 'significant other' is Domestic Violence. The likliehood of that being dropped is slim to none.
Once the common wealth has picked up a charge it can only be dismissed on a not guilty verdict, or an insufficient amount of evidence.
The charge is assault. The punishment is: (1) a fine not to exceed $4,000; (2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year; or (3) both such fine and confinement.
As long as it wasnt a felony charge you can
My ex had the same charge. It seems to be at least in Oregon. The lowest assault charge with a probation violation attacted to it.
It may be dropped to assault or assault with a deadly weapon, depending what the drug was and the laws in your jurisdiction. A lawyer should be able to answer your questions; if you don't have one, get one.