Legal Opinion
F.M. v. People
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided November 10, 2011No. 10CA0232PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge WEBB.
No Colorado appellate court has addressed whether claim preclusion, formerly termed res judicata, bars a second action under section 24-72-308, C.R.S.2011, seeking to seal the same arrest and criminal records that had been the subject of an earlier action by the same petitioner. We agree with the district court that such successive actions are barred. Therefore, we reject F.M.’s appeal from the order dismissing his second action to seal the same criminal records.
I. Undisputed Facts
In the underlying criminal ease, F.M. was charged with four counts of felony menacing after…
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