Commonwealth v. A.M.R.

¶ 1 Appellant, A.M.R., appeals from the order denying the motion to expunge the record of his arrest after all charges against him were withdrawn. Specifically, Appellant asks us to determine whether the Commonwealth satisfied its burden to justify retention of the arrest record and whether that justification exceeded Appellant’s interest in being free from the harm inherent in the retention. We hold that the hearing court looked to the wrong party to carry the burden of proof and that the Commonwealth did not present sufficient evidence to justify retaining Appellant’s arrest record.…