Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Fredricks
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided August 23, 2007No. 13-07-205-CVPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Memorandum Opinion by
Justice BENAVIDES.
Appellant, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), brings this restricted appeal 1 from the trial court’s order expunging the arrest of appellee, Derek Fre-dricks, from all public records. By a single issue, DPS contends that the trial court’s expunction order was not supported by legally sufficient evidence. We reverse and render.
I. BACKGROUND
Fredricks filed an ex parte petition to expunge public records of his arrest for credit card abuse. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 32.31 (Vernon Supp.2006). Fre-dricks identified several entities that may…
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