State v. Sotos

CONOVER, Judge.

Respondents-Appellants the State of Indiana (the State) and the Indiana State Police Department (State Police) (collectively, the Appellants) appeal the grant of Petitioner-Appeliee Christ Sotos's (Sotos) petition for expungement of criminal records.

We affirm.

The sole issue presented for our review is whether the trial court erred in granting Sotos's petition for expungement of erimi-nal records.

In January, 1988, Sotos was charged with child exploitation. The charge stated Sotos disseminated a photograph depicting sexual conduct by a child under sixteen years of age, namely,…