Criminal Law: Expungement-Eligibility-Time-Period Requirements

Where appellant challenged the dismissal of his petition for expungement of his 1970 conviction for felony possession of a stimulant drug, the trial court erred by finding that the appellant was ineligible for expungement based on a subsequent felony conviction because the court improperly interpreted the time-period requirements.

Judgment is reversed and remanded.

J.A. v. Department of Corrections (MLW No. 74305/Case No. WD82606 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Pettis County, Koffman, J. (Daniel Baker, Sedalia, for appellant) (Ross A. Kaplan, Jefferson City, for respondent).