I'm not the person you are replying to, but I would definitely interpret that negatively. First of all, I'm not going to take your word for it on the details. I don't know you and everyone convicted of a a crime insists they are innocent or otherwise in the right. I'd actually feel better about someone who expressed remorse over the situation. Even if I believed you, you are still telling me that you are a generally difficult person to deal with. I would not want to rent to a tenant who goes out of their way to unnecessarily flex their rights because in my state a tenant can make their landlord's life hell that way. I'd want reasonable tenants who I can be sure will pay their rent and leave when their lease is up.