Ex Parte Richard Pinnock

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Chief Justice.

In this restricted appeal from an order granting expunction, we consider whether there is error on the face of the record because the petitioner allegedly was barred by res judicata from obtaining ex-punction relief and because no reporter’s record was made of any hearing on the petition for expunction. We conclude that the trial court reasonably could have determined that res judicata was not established and that the lack of a reporter’s record from any oral hearing on the ex-punction petition does not necessitate a new trial because no evidence was…