Ex parte N.B.J.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) appeals the trial court's order granting expunction relief to appellee N.B.J. After N.B.J. was arrested on the same day on two unrelated charges, the State dismissed one of the charges, which N.B.J. then sought to have expunged. DPS argues that, because expunction is not available for both charges, it is not available for the dismissed charge.

Concluding that the trial court correctly interpreted the expunction statute, and that N.B.J. is entitled to have the records and files relating to his arrest on the dismissed charge expunged, we affirm.

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