McBride v. State

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Appellant, Henry (Hank) James McBride, contends that the circuit court erred in refusing to grant his petition to expunge his record under Act 346 of 1975, codified in part at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-303 (Repl. 2006). He notes that he was placed on probation under Act 346 of 1975, and he argues that because an amendment to the statute, Act 1407 of1999, which precluded expungement for certain sexual offenses, was not in effect at the time he committed the sexual offenses, the court erred in concluding that he was not entitled to expungement. We reverse and remand…