Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Soto
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 26, 2009No. 13-08-00520-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice RODRIGUEZ.
Appellant, the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS), appeals the trial court’s order granting a petition for ex-punction filed by appellee, Jose Luis Soto. By two issues, TDPS contends that it did not receive notice of the expunction hearing and that Soto did not meet his burden of proof. We reverse and set aside the expunction order and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. Background
On December 19, 2007, Soto filed a petition for expunction of his arrest records that listed five agencies as respondents, including TDPS. The trial court…
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