State v. Theison

Defendant appeals the denial of his petition for expungement of his arrest and conviction, pursuant to U.C.A., 1953, § 77-18-2 (as amended 1982). This section allows expungement of a felony or Class A misdemeanor conviction and sealing of the record after five years from the completion of the sentence if the petitioner has been rehabilitated and not convicted or charged with a crime. Conviction of a lesser misdemeanor or infraction may be similarly expunged three years after completion of the sentence.

Defendant was charged with and pleaded guilty to theft of a handgun, a second degree felony.…