Suspended sentence prior to September 28, 1981, procedure to close records
If a person had their sentence suspended before September 28, 1981, they can ask the court to close the records from that case after the court is done with them. If the prosecutor fights the request, there is a simple hearing with relaxed rules. The court looks at the crime, the person's background, and if closing the records seems fair, the court can do it.
610.106. prior to September 28, 1981, procedure to close records. — Any person as to whom was prior to September 28, 1981, may make a to the court in which the was after his from the court's for closure of pertaining to the case. If the opposes the motion, an informal shall be held in which shall not apply. Having regard to the nature and circumstances of the and the history and character of the and upon a finding that the are so , the court may official records pertaining to the case to be closed, except as provided in section 610.120.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1981 H.B. 554) (1985) Held, that a witness can be impeached by his prior guilty plea, even though he had completed probation under a suspended imposition of sentence. State v. Brooks, (A.) 694 S.W.2d 851.
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