Rebecca Hentz v. State of Mississippi

KING, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This Court is presented with the following issue: whether a convicted felon is entitled to an expungement of her conviction after receiving an executive pardon. Because there is no statutory authority in Mississippi for the courts to order an ex-pungement under these circumstances, we affirm the trial court’s order denying the request for expungement in today’s case.

FACTS

¶ 2. On March 10, 2000, the Tallahat-chie County Grand Jury indicted Rebecca Hentz for one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and two counts of attempt to manufacture…