State v. Taylor

DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.

| ,The Department of Public Safety and Corrections1 appeals the district court ruling ordering the expungement and destruction of the felony record of Michael Joseph Taylor. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Michael Joseph Taylor was arrested in December of 1997 in Plaquemines Parish for distribution of pethidine, brand name Demerol, an opiate. He was charged by bill of information with a violation of La. R.S. 40:967 A(l). In 1998, Taylor was allowed to plead guilty pursuant to La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 893, and was sentenced to five…