Jeffery A. Stallworth v. State of Mississippi

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The narrow question presented is whether the expungement of a misdemean- or, fourth-degree, sexual-offense conviction in another state by the court that entered the conviction entitles the petitioner to relief from his duty to register as a sex offender in Mississippi. The Hinds County Circuit Court denied the requested relief. But, because expungement of a conviction requires the courts to “restore one to the status occupied prior thereto,”1 we reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 2001, Stallworth was indicted in Prince George County,…