State v. A.B.M.

FULMER, Acting Chief Judge.

The State appeals an order sealing A.B.M.’s nonjudicial criminal history records in Case No. 95-863, arguing that the trial court did not have authority to seal those records because A.B.M. had not obtained a certificate of eligibility from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). We agree and, accordingly, reverse that portion of the order sealing the nonjudicial records in that case. We otherwise affirm.

In 1995, A.B.M. pleaded nolo contendere to the charges in Case No. 95-863 and to charges filed earlier in Case No. 94-14009. The trial court withheld…