Louisiana v. Cardenas
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Court granted the state’s application to review the decision of the First Circuit affirming the district court’s order of expungement entered in respondent’s case following the court’s set aside of his misdemeanor conviction and sentence for domestic abuse battery with child endangerment in violation of La.R.S.14:35.3(I), and dismissal of the prosecution under La.C.Cr.P. art. 894. The district court entered the order, and the court of appeal affirmed, notwithstanding La.R.S. 44:9(A)(5)(b), which provided that “[n]o person shall be entitled to an expungement if the misdemeanor conviction arose from circumstances involving a sexual act or act of domestic violence.” Upon review, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeal and vacated the expungement order.
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