Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards & Education v. Watlington

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court granting appellee’s petition for expunction of criminal records pursuant to Article 55.01.1

Appellee Watlington, petitioner in the court below, testified that in February 1958 he was arrested and indicted for the offense of burglary in Bowie County, Texas. He further testified that he entered no plea to the indictment, that it was dismissed in September 1958, and that he was never placed on probation. He also testified this was the only time that he had ever been arrested, and that he had no felony convictions prior to…