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Harman v. State, Case No. 2D08-915 (Fla. App. 7/1/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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CHARLES HARMAN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 2D08-915. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Opinion filed July 1, 2009. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Manuel A. Lopez, Judge, and Robert E. Beach, Associate Senior Judge. Richard A. Harrison of Allen Dell, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. WHATLEY, Judge. Charles Harman appeals an order denying his petition to expunge the records of criminal justice agencies and the official records of the circuit court. We conclude that the trial court erred in denying the petition based on its two stated grounds and reverse. The procedure to expunge judicial records and nonjudicial criminal history records is governed by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3...continue to full post

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