State v. Ambaye

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

This case began with respondent’s petition for the expungement of his criminal record. The district court concluded that respondent was not entitled to expungement under either the expungement statute or the court’s inherent power to expunge. The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for the entry of an expungement order under the expungement statute. We hold that a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity does not satisfy the legal threshold that would entitle a petitioner to a presumption of ex-pungement under the statute. Accordingly, we reverse…