J.B. v. State of Indiana

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

[1] Appellant-Petitioner, J.B., appeals the trial court’s Order denying his petition for expungement.

[2] We reverse and remand. 1

ISSUE

[3] J.B. raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as follows: Whether the trial court erred in denying his petition to expunge the criminal records relating to his misdemeanor conviction of battery.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

[4] On November 18, 1999, during his senior year of college in Bloomington, Indiana, J.B. pled guilty to one Count of báttery, a Class A misdemeanor, Ind.Code § 35-42-2-l(a)(l). Pursuant to the terms…