State v. A.S.E.

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

In these consolidated expungement appeals, the state argues that (1) respondent is not entitled to expungement of records held by the judicial branch; and (2) the district court’s inherent authority does not extend to expungement of executive-branch records. Because the district court exceeded the scope of its inherent authority in ordering expungement of executive-branch records and failed to make sufficient findings to support expungement of judicial-branch records, we reverse the ex-pungement orders and remand for findings.

FACTS

In September 1996, respondent A.S.E.…