State v. Stadler

This appeal involves the denial of an expungement of the record of a criminal proceeding where the accused was exonerated by a jury.

Larry W. Stadler, defendant-appellant, was arrested for the offenses of petty theft and robbery. The grand jury returned indictments on two new offenses representing the misdemeanor components of robbery. The matter was remanded to the municipal court where defendant entered pleas of not guilty. The case was tried to a jury and defendant was acquitted. Stadler then filed a civil action in the court of common pleas against the prosecuting witness, Fisher Big…