Eslick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The appellate court reversed, stating: Obviously, some records that relate to several charges, some resulting in convictions and others resulting in acquittals, may be of such a character that it is impractical to redact the part dealing with the dismissed charges. However, the mandatory nature of the expunetion statute means that any exception to it must be for cause shown. In this respect, a blanket refusal to expunge any records relating to a dismissed charge is inherently suspect and it is incumbent upon the opponent of expunetion to insure that the record justifies less than full redaction of relevant records.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Connors