State v. C.D.D.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4754

Syllabus

Because expungement applicant was not an \eligible offender\ under the statute, the trial court erred in granting expungement. The applicant had been convicted of two felonies, and his misdemeanor domestic violence conviction constituted an \offense of violence\ as defined in the Revised Code. An argument that the code provisions do not \make sense\ does not empower the court to rewrite the legislative product the \absurdity canon\ does not permit the judiciary to reorder substantive choices the General Assembly has expressed. Judgment reversed cause remanded.