Robertson v. People

Opinion by JUDGE NAVARRO

¶ 1 The prosecution appeals the district court's orders in three El Paso County cases in which the court granted Charles Alexander Robertson's requests to seal criminal records. We consolidated the cases for purposes of appeal.

¶ 2 We address a novel question: Where a statute prohibits a court from sealing criminal records until ten years have passed since the disposition of the criminal proceedings, may the parties waive this requirement and thereby authorize the court to seal the records earlier? Our answer is "no." As a result, we vacate the orders in case numbers…