{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official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":"kdw","displayName":"K.D.W.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86993:undated","opinionId":"06c99328-4a09-510f-a1b6-cdffb7438658","slug":"kdw-v-missouri-state-highway-patrol-records-repository-et-al-d86993","caseName":"K.D.W.\nvs.\nMissouri State Highway Patrol Records Repository, et al.","caseNumber":"WD86993","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"K.D.W. appealed the circuit court's denial of her request for expungement of marijuana-related criminal history records under Article XIV, section 2.10(8)(a) of the Missouri Constitution, while granting statutory expungement. K.D.W. argued that her municipal ordinance violation for marijuana possession qualified as a \"misdemeanor marijuana offense\" and that her arrest records qualified as a marijuana offense no longer a crime. The appellate court affirmed, holding that municipal ordinance violations are not misdemeanors under Missouri law and that the expungement provision for offenses no longer a crime applies only to those who completed a sentence, which requires a conviction.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","other","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=224414","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/kdw-v-missouri-state-highway-patrol-records-repository-et-al-d86993","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law","topic: criminal-procedure","text: criminal","text: misdemeanor","text: sentence"],"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":"appellant"}]}