State v. Sims

357 So.2d 1095 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent,

v.

Mark SIMS, Relator.

No. 60898.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 10, 1978.

Charles F. Duchein, III, Baton Rouge, for relator.

Michael C. Barron, Sp. Counsel, La. Dept. of Public Safety, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

TATE, Justice.

The issue before us primarily involves the construction of a statute which provides for the expungement of arrests relating to misdemeanors, La.R.S. 44:9 (1976). It also involves the related construction of a statute which provides for the dismissal, as an acquittal, of prosecutions for misdemeanors, where the imposition…