People v. Link

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NATURE OF THE CASE

Defendant appeals as of right from the circuit court’s June 1995 order denying his motion to expunge his 1989 conviction of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520d(l)(a); MSA 28.788(4)(l)(a) (penetration of a child, aged thirteen to sixteen). After this appeal was filed and briefed, Michigan’s expungement statute, MCL 780.621; MSA 28.1274(101), was amended, 1996 PA 573, effective April 1, 1997. Therefore, we must determine whether this amendment, which expressly precludes expungement of criminal sexual conduct convictions, operates retrospectively to preclude…