Eslick v. State

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The petitioners, Donald Esliek and Robert Rappuhn, appeal as of right from the McMinn County Criminal Court’s denial of their petition to expunge public records regarding aggravated rape and murder charges that were resolved in their favor. The trial court concluded that the record of those charges were so intertwined with the aggravated kidnapping convictions received by the petitioners that expunction should not occur. The petitioners contend that the records pertaining to the dismissed or acquitted charge are to be expunged pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-32-101 even though…