State v. C.B.

The State of Florida appeals an order granting appellee’s petition to seal his criminal record stemming from two arrests. Pursuant to section 943.059, Florida Statutes (2011), “[t]he court may, at its sole discretion, order the sealing of a criminal history record pertaining to more than one arrest if the additional arrests directly relate to the original arrest.” In State v. A.B.M., 742 So.2d 818, 820 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), the Second District construed this statutory language “to apply to additional arrests or charges that stem from one criminal activity or episode where the additional…