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BROWN v. COM.

Record Nos. 081417, 081588.

677 S.E.2d 220 (2009)

Matthew Paul BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia v. Kimberly Dawn Compton.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher K. Kowalczuk, Roanoke, for appellant, in Record No. 081417.

J. Robert Bryden II, Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee, in Record No. 081417.

Colette Marie Wilcox, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, for appellant, in Record No. 081588.

Michael A. Bishop, for appellee, in Record No. 081588.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In both of these cases involving expungements of police and court records relating to criminal charges, we primarily address whether the petitioners had a right to seek expungement under one of the applicable provisions of Code § 19.2-392.2(A), specifically whether the criminal charges at issue were "otherwise dismissed." Because the criminal charges were dismissed without the petitioners' entering a plea and without any...

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