Commonwealth v. Maxwell

DEL SOLE, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a trial court order denying Appellant’s Petition to Expunge. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2 Appellant was arrested and charged with rape, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault in relation to his assault of a fellow student in her dormitory room. Pursuant to a plea agreement Appellant pled guilty to simple assault and indecent exposure. The remaining charges were nolle prossed. Thereafter Appellant filed a petition to expunge his record of the charges that were nolle prossed. The trial court denied this request prompting the filing…