State v. Italiano

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kole, J. A. D.

The State appeals from an order of January 24, 1974, entered by the trial court, expunging the records of convictions of Leo Italiano (hereafter referred to as “defendant”) for possession of lottery slips and bookmaking.*

In 1960 defendant was convicted in this State of charges of possession of lottery slips (now N. J. S. A. 2A:121-3) and bookmaking (N. J. S. A. 2A:112-3). The convictions resulted in suspended sentences of one to two years and two to three years, respectively, to State Prison on the convictions for possession and…