PATRICK SCOTT COHEE, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• VFD v. State, 19 So. 3d 1172 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009)
  …that it could be determined at some later time whether it would be appropriate for law enforcement to have access to the records. We review orders denying ex-pungement of criminal records under an abuse of discretion standard. See Oymayan v. State, 765 So. 2d 812, 814 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). As the learned trial judge observed, nobody contends that VFD has not satisfied the statutory and rule eligibility requirements for expunction. The petition and attachments conform with the [*1175] requirements of section 9…

  ← 1 / 2 →
• Cole v. State, 941 So. 2d 549 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006)
  …not been adjudicated guilty); Johnson v. State, 336 So. 2d 93, 95 (Fla. 1976) (finding a petition may be denied by [*551] the trial court only if there is a good reason based on the facts and circumstances of the individual case); Oymayan v. State, 765 So. 2d 812, 814 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (concluding the sole fact that the defendant committed a series of criminal acts rather than an isolated, single incident is an insufficient reason to preclude ex-pungement of the records). Without adducing evidence at the…
• Wells v. State, 807 So. 2d 206 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
  …record, and any request for expunction of a criminal history record may be denied at the sole discretion of the court.” Orders denying expungement of a criminal history record are reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. See Oymayan v. State, 765 So. 2d 812, 813 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). It would be difficult for this court to review the trial court's order on the merits since the order simply said "denied.” Given that Wells’s petition was facially sufficient and not opposed by the State, the court’s denial…

Authorities Cited

• Xzavier Trapp v. State, 760 So. 2d 924 (Fla. 2000)