People v. Hansen

Defendant appeals from a trial court order granting the expungement of his arrest records held by the sheriff’s office, insofar as it denied the expungement of the records held by the circuit clerk’s office relating to his arrest. Defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the expungement of the circuit clerk records. We agree and reverse.

Defendant was indicted on October 13, 1983, by the grand jury of McLean County for the offense of delivery of a controlled substance in violation of section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat.…