Chesler v. People

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the Act’s permissive language shows that the statutory criteria establish eligibility for, rather than entitlement to, expungement
• noting that the Act's permissive language shows that the statutory criteria establish eligibility for, rather than entitlement to, expungement
• applying abuse of discretion standard in reviewing trial court’s ruling on petition to expunge
• applying abuse of discretion standard in reviewing trial court's ruling on petition to expunge
• where the court’s decision was not based on statutory factors or precedent, it appeared to have been arbitrary
• arbitrary decisions are an abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).