9th JDC Judge Orders Destruction of Expunged Records

The Town Talk reports that 9th JDC Judge George Metoyer recently ruled that felony arrest records can be destroyed when arrests do not lead to prosecution. Misdemeanor records are already destroyed, so Judge Metoyer ruled that not destroying both kinds of records is unconstitutional. "The state Attorney General's Office will appeal automatically the case to Louisiana's Supreme Court."

Posted by AJR at April 21, 2003 07:40 AM