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PEOPLE v. CHRISTIANSEN

No. B252804.

230 Cal.App.4th 178 (2014)

178 Cal.Rptr.3d 396

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KAREN A. CHRISTIANSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

September 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillel Chodos , Philip Kaufler and Michael A. Goldfeder for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, and Margaret E. Maxwell , Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

ROTHSCHILD, P. J. —

Karen A. Christiansen appeals from the superior court's order denying her request for the sealing and destruction of the fingerprint impressions obtained at the time of her arrest. We conclude that such fingerprint impressions constitute "records of the arrest" within the meaning of Penal Code section 851.8,1 and we therefore reverse. (§ 851.8, subd. (a).)

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