STATE v. BREAZEALE

Nos. 18159-6-III, 18160-0-III.

994 P.2d 254 (2000)

99 Wash.App. 400

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Randy BREAZEALE and Sheila M. Berlanga-Hernandez, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Nine.

Reconsideration Denied March 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Morgan, Ritzville, for Appellants.

Kimberly J. Cox, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, for Respondent.


SWEENEY, J.

We reverse a superior court order denying a motion to hold the Washington State Patrol in contempt for defying the court's order to expunge decades-old criminal records. Both appellants were convicted, and their convictions dismissed, before implementation of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981(SRA). Trial judges are authorized to expunge criminal records for pre-SRA convictions under RCW 9.95.240, and for post-SRA convictions under RCW 9.94A.230. The SRA...

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