Cornette v. State

Summary

The Court held that a person whose conviction was unconditionally pardoned may seek discretionary expungement of that conviction even when another conviction arising from the same case is ineligible for expungement. Eligibility under the pardon provision is determined charge by charge, and the statute permits a partial expungement order limited to records relating to the pardoned conviction. The Court reversed the Superior Court's categorical denial and remanded for consideration of the petition under the proper interpretation.