State v. M.K.O.

|,WILLIAMS, J.

The defendant, M.K.O., appeals a trial court judgment denying his request for expungement of his arrest record. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

The defendant, M.K.O.,1 was arrested on December 31, 1999 and charged with one count of felony simple criminal damage to property, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:56. The charges arose from an incident in which M.K.O. damaged several cars in front of a local bar in Shreveport. The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office offered the defendant the opportunity to enter a pre-trial diversion program. As a condition of that…