State Ex Rel. Peach v. Tillman

This is an original proceeding in prohibition in which plaintiff, the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis, seeks our writ to prohibit defendant from enforcing his order closing and expunging all records of the arrest, trial, verdict and probation of Milton Kardesch, M.D. and enjoining the State of Missouri, its officers and agencies from use or disclosure of said records.

Milton Kardesch, M.D. was charged by a grand jury with the felony of Mingling Poison with Food or Medicine, § 559.150 RSMo 1969. On March 9, 1978, a jury found Dr. Kardesch guilty of the charge and assessed punishment…