State, Department of Public Safety v. Woodhall

WOLLE, Justice.

Defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in the third degree, served a term of probation in accordance with a deferred judgment, and was discharged from probation. Several weeks later the district court entered an order in the criminal case direct ing the Iowa Department of Public Safety (department) to destroy its records containing defendant’s fingerprints. The department unsuccessfully challenged that order on the ground that the district court had no jurisdiction in the criminal case to decide what records the department should retain in its files. We reverse,…