Commonwealth v. Welford

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant Commonwealth contends that the lower court erred in ordering expunction of appellee’s arrest record. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the order of the court below.

Appellee was arrested in June 1976 and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to stop at the scene of an accident, and under-age drinking. After a preliminary hearing, appellee was held for court on all three charges. Subsequently, however, appellee was accepted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program (ARD). Pursuant to the program, appellee was placed on probation…