FARMER v. STATE, DEPT. OF LAW

No. S-13203.

235 P.3d 1012 (2010)

Paul N. FARMER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul N. Farmer, Anchorage, pro se.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions & Appeals, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, CHRISTEN, and STOWERS, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In the early 1990s, Paul Farmer was convicted of several felonies. More than ten years after completing his sentence of incarceration, followed by a term of probation, Farmer attempted to purchase a rifle. The FBI refused to authorize his purchase, presumably due to his felony convictions. Farmer then petitioned for expungement of his criminal record so that he would be able to legally purchase and...

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