Legal Opinion
State v. Skinner
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided November 2, 1993PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALSH, Justice.
This is an appeal by the State of Delaware from an order of expungement of arrest records. Acting under the authority conferred by the expungement statute, 11 Del.C. § 4371, the Superior Court ordered the expungement of the arrest records of the appellee, Dexter R. Skinner. The State moved to vacate the expungement order on the ground that Skinner’s subsequent pardon did not remove the underlying criminal conviction for expungement purposes. We agree with the State’s position and accordingly reverse.
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On January 14, 1990, Dexter R. Skinner (“Skinner”) was arrested and later…
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