Gregg v. Commonwealth

In this appeal, we consider whether a specific type of criminal record may be expunged under Code § 19.2-392.2. Here, disposition of a drug charge was in accordance with a statute that permitted the court, upon a first oifender’s plea of guilty, to refrain from entering a judgment of guilt, to place the accused on probation, and ultimately to discharge the person and dismiss the proceeding against him.

In June of 1975, Watson W. Gregg was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana in violation of former Code § 54-524.101:2. At the September 1975 trial in the General District Court of…