WAKEFIELD v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

No. 5-12-0303.

994 N.E.2d 722 (2013)

2013 IL App (5th) 120303

373 Ill. Dec. 953

Wayne WAKEFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, Defendant-Appellant (Lawrence County State's Attorney Patrick Hahn, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Brett E. Legner and John P. Schmidt , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellant.

James M. Neal , Lawrenceville, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice CATES delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The plaintiff, Wayne Wakefield (Wakefield), petitioned for an order requiring the defendant, the Illinois Department of State Police (State Police), to expunge his 1997 conviction for domestic battery from his record. The circuit court of Lawrence County granted Wakefield's request and ordered that the conviction be expunged. The State Police moved to vacate the expungement...

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