{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"ged-petitioner","displayName":"G.E.D., Petitioner-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd35871:2020-01-08","opinionId":"5a4db82e-ab43-5dc8-af87-44887632072a","slug":"ged-petitioner-respondent-v-missouri-state-highway-patrol-defendant-appel-d35871","caseName":"G.E.D., Petitioner-Respondent\nvs.\nMISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, Defendant-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD35871","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2020-01-08","year":2020,"display_summary":"G.E.D. sought expungement of a felony conviction, which the trial court granted. The Missouri State Highway Patrol appealed, arguing that G.E.D. was ineligible for expungement under section 610.140 because he had a subsequent misdemeanor conviction less than seven years after his felony disposition. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that the statutory good-behavior period is measured backward from the date the expungement petition is filed, not forward from the prior conviction's disposition.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=148353","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/ged-petitioner-respondent-v-missouri-state-highway-patrol-defendant-appel-d35871","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: felony","text: conviction","text: misdemeanor"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}