{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official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":"st-louis-county-missouri-et-al-defendants-and-missouri-state-highway-patrol-criminal-records-repository","displayName":"St. Louis County, Missouri, et al., Defendants, and Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Records Repository","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed107403:2019-11-26","opinionId":"d755f354-4059-5720-9a3d-422c5f4ba08d","slug":"sem-respondent-v-st-louis-county-missouri-et-al-defendants-and-missouri-s-107403","caseName":"S.E.M., Respondent, vs. St. Louis County, Missouri, et al., Defendants, and Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Records Repository, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED107403","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2019-11-26","year":2019,"display_summary":"S.E.M. sought expungement of two prior felony drug convictions. The trial court granted the expungement under the August 2018 version of section 610.140 RSMo, finding it applied retrospectively. The Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Records Repository appealed, arguing S.E.M. was ineligible due to a 1993 misdemeanor conviction within the statutory timing requirements. The appellate court affirmed, holding that expungement statutes are remedial and apply retrospectively, and that the relevant seven-year period for no new convictions is immediately preceding the expungement petition filing.","primaryTopic":"criminal-procedure","topicSlugs":["criminal-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=146739","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/sem-respondent-v-st-louis-county-missouri-et-al-defendants-and-missouri-s-107403","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: felony"],"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"}]}