Ex Parte Elliot

We consider whether the court of appeals properly limited relief from a trial court’s order expunging criminal records to the sole appealing law enforcement agency. 804 S.W.2d 324. Because partial expunction contradicts the language and policies of the applicable statute, we hold that reversal of an expunction order must encompass all persons and agencies in possession of relevant criminal records.

After Mark Andrew Elliot was arrested in June 1982 for burglary of a building, the trial court deferred adjudication and placed him on probation for three years. In January 1984 the trial court,…