Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Butler
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided January 16, 1997No. 13-95-577-CVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEERDEN, Chief Justice.
The Texas Department of Public Safety-appeals from an order expunging the arrest record of Robert Butler. The Department raises five points of error. We reverse and render.
Butler was arrested on June 4, 1990, by police officers in the City of Corpus Christi for third degree felony theft. He alleged in his petition for expunetion, filed in the 94th District Court in Nueces County, that he had been tried and acquitted of the offense. He asked that his arrest records be expunged from the files of the Department, as well as from other law enforcement agencies in this…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Ex Parte ElliotTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. KnightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Ex Parte Stiles, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
- Texas Department of Public Safety v. Woods, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
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