Commonwealth v. Dobson

HESTER, Judge:

Appellant, Spencer Dobson, appeals from the trial court’s partial denial of his petition to expunge his arrest record. We affirm.

On May 24, 1995, appellant, who is incarcerated, filed a pro se petition to expunge his arrest record in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Following a hearing on November 16, 1995, at which appellant testified, the common pleas court granted the petition in part and denied it in part. Appellant appeals that decision, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion in not granting the petition in its entirety. We disagree.

Appellant was arrested…