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COM. v. C.S.

517 Pa. 89 (1987)

534 A.2d 1053

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. C.S., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sprague, Geoffrey R. Johnson, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kathleen McDonnell, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether a court must order the expungement of a criminal record where the governor has pardoned the individual seeking the expungement for the crime upon which the record is based.

On October 14, 1954, at the age of 20, appellant, C.S., was arrested for armed robbery. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a 1½ to 5 year term of imprisonment. Appellant served the minimum sentence...

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