Legal Opinion
D. A. v. STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 18, 2018No. 116,434PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, J.:
¶1 We retained this cause to address the dispositive issue of whether a drug court's dismissal of charges upon the successful completion of the drug court program is statutorily exempt from expungement. We hold that a drug court's dismissal following successful conclusion of the drug court program is not excluded from expungement under 22 O.S. Supp. 2016 § 181 and may be expunged immediately, *729after successful completion of the program and the charges have been dismissed.
FACTS
¶2 In August of 2008, the Purcell Police Department arrested the petitioner/appellee, D. A.…
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