Legal Opinion
Martinez v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 1, 2000No. ED 76224PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Presiding Judge.
Urban Martinez (Appellant) appeals from the judgment denying his petition to expunge arrest records following the jury acquittal of the charge for which he was arrested. The issue is whether the provision of Missouri’s expungement 1 statute requiring that no charges “will be pursued” as a result of the arrest automatically bars relief to one who has been tried and acquitted. Finding that it does not, we reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Appellant was arrested in June of 1997 and subsequently indicted on one…
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