COMMONWEALTH v. LANDIS

No. 27 of 1973.

64 Pa. D. & C. 2d 23 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Landis

Common Pleas Court of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Coffroth, District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

James B. Yelovich, of Kimmel & Rascona, for defendant.

Before Coffroth, P. J., and Shaulis, J.


COFFROTH, P. J., November 15, 1973.

The question here is whether a court has inherent power to expunge and destroy the judicial record of a criminal conviction, in the absence of statutory authority.

Defendant was indicted on three counts of violation of the Drug Act of April 14, 1972, and a fourth count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The first two drug counts were nol prossed; defendant pleaded guilty to the third drug count and to the fourth...

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