A.R.A. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH
A.R.A. appeals from a final order denying her petition to expunge a felony arrest record. The trial court declined to expunge the record on the basis that the existence of this record does not and may not cause A.R.A. a manifest injustice. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying A.R.A.'s petition. Accordingly, we will reverse the judgment below and remand for entry of an order expunging A.R.A.'s felony arrest record.
BACKGROUND
In 2014, A.R.A. was charged with a felony, assault and battery of a law enforcement officer, under Code §…
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