State v. G.K.
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The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals concluding that dismissed counts in an indictment may be sealed before the conviction is eligible to be sealed, holding that the court of appeals erred.
Defendant was indicted on multiple counts and plead guilty to one count. The State dismissed the remaining counts as part of a plea deal. Before he was eligible to have the record of his conviction sealed Defendant filed an application to seal, asserting that the trial court could seal the portions of the record pertaining to the dismissed charges pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code 2953.52. The trial court denied the application to seal. The court of appeals reversed. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that under the plain language of the statutes governing sealing, the dismissed counts in the indictment may not be sealed until the conviction is eligible to be sealed.
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