Legal Opinion
Wert v. Jennings
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 1977No. 1669PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*469HOFFMAN, Judge:
The instant case involves one issue: whether a court in Pennsylvania has the authority to order expunction of arrest records, photographs, fingerprints, and any other record of a person who has been charged with, but not convicted of a crime. In a recent decision, we held that a court may do so despite the absence of explicit statutory authorization. Commonwealth v. Malone, 244 Pa.Super. 62, 366 A.2d 584 (1976). Therefore, we remand for a hearing in conformity with our decision in Malone.
In October, 1970, appellant testified as a defense witness at the trial of John Mervin,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by22 opinions
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