State v. McGinnis

Harsha, Presiding Judge.

The state of Ohio appeals from a judgment of the Scioto County Court of Common Pleas which granted the application for sealing of the record of appellee, Charles Douglas McGinnis. The state assigns the following error:

“The court of common pleas erred in finding that ‘the petitioner [appellee] falls within the category of a first offender,’ and in granting the application for expungement.”

Initially, we note that the state did not order a transcript of the hearing on appellee’s motion for sealing of his criminal records. Accordingly, the facts presented here have been…