· 3/10/2022
Bobby Jackson v. the State of Texas
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- noting that the term expungement \refers to ... an order to remove and destroy records `so that no trace of the information remains'\ (omission in original)
- motion to reconsider and vacate filed by Department of Probation more than two years after entry of expungement order deemed untimely and, therefore, not considered
- “judge has very broad discretion in the Commonwealth’s effort to rehabilitate the child and to further the child’s best interest”
- although Department of Probation’s motion to reconsider and vacate order allowing expungement of dismissed complaint deemed untimely, G. L. c. 276, § 100C, was controlling and provided for confidentiality of probation records by sealing, not expungement
- postdisposition motion to reconsider must be filed within time allowed for appeal
- post- disposition motion to reconsider must be filed within time allowed for appeal
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