Legal Opinion
In re the Expungement of Criminal Record, Callwood
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided January 23, 2017No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2016-0007Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(January 23, 2017)
Hodge, Chief Justice.
Derrick Antonio Callwood, Sr. appeals from the Superior Court’s December 30, 2015 order, which denied his petition for expungement of his criminal record. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
*301I. BACKGROUND
Callwood filed his petition with the Superior Court on June 10, 2015, which sought expungement of records relating to two prior arrests: an October 24, 1997 assault charge, and an October 9, 2014 misdemeanor domestic violence charge. Callwood — who at the time was proceeding pro se — filed his petition using a form document…
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