Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Myers
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 24, 2002No. 06-01-00017-CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice CORNELIUS.
Melonie Lynn Myers appeals from a district court order denying the expunction of criminal records. Myers sought the expunction of records related to two felony indictments against her that were eventually dismissed by the State. The trial court denied the expunction by its order dated November 28, 2000, based on the' Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) affirmative defense of res judicata. Myers now challenges the propriety of applying res judicata to an expunction proceeding.
On December 10, 1997, a Bowie County grand jury returned felony…
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