Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Reed
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided June 7, 2011No. 14-10-00532-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.
The Galveston County Criminal District Attorney’s Office appeals the trial court’s judgment expunging the arrest records of Thomas Franklin Reed. The issue we must decide is whether Reed was entitled to expunction at the time of his petition. Though the underlying offense was dismissed with prejudice, we conclude that the expunction statute strictly required Reed to wait until the running of limitations. Because Reed’s petition was premature, we reverse and render judgment denying the expunction request.
On April 22, 2009, Reed was arrested and charged with…
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