Brown v. Hallman

Crew III, J. P.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cobb, J.), entered December 22, 1999 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondent to expunge certain information from petitioner’s criminal history record.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus seeking to compel respondent to expunge from petitioner’s criminal history record all references to various criminal actions or proceedings that were terminated in his favor. Supreme Court dismissed the petition, prompting…