Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. W.P.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 24, 1992No. 2571PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
We affirm, in a case of first impression,1 the court’s denial of a “Petition to Expunge Criminal Record” by the appellant, W.P.
The appellant’s petition alleged that, inter alia, he was arrested in November of 1988, charged with various offenses, tried without a jury and found not guilty by reason of insanity. He also claimed that he had no prior record, “ha[d] been caused to suffer embarrassment and irreparable harm” as a result of his arrest, and the expungement of his record would not cause harm to the Commonwealth.
To resolve the matter, the petition was scheduled for a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. WexlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MaloneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. RoseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. IacinoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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