Archie Scaife v. State

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedJanuary 6, 2015
Docket03-14-00274-CV
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Archie Scaife v. State, (Tex. Ct. App. 2015).

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-14-00274-CR 3661941 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/6/2015 11:04:07 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK

FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/6/2015 11:04:07 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM PAGE

Index of Authorities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 4

Statement Regarding Oral Argument ... ..................... ...... ..... .......... ... 5

Statement of the Case ... ........ ......... ...... .... ........... ....... ... ......... ...... ........ 5

Statement of Facts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... .... 5

Summary of State's Argument ............................................................ 7

Argument and Authorities ......... ... ... ... ................................................ 7

First Issue on Appeal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 7 TRIAL COURT ERR IN PERMITTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN EXPUNCTION HEARING?

Application and Analysis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8

Second Issue of Appeal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 9 TRIAL COURT ABUSE DISCRETION IN DENYING PETITION FOR EXPUNCTION WHERE PETITIONER HAD BEEN CON- VICTED OF OFFENSE ARISING OUT OF THE SAME ARREST?

Standard of Review ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... 9

Application and Analysis .................. ........ .... ............... .. . 10

Prayer................................................................................................... 12

2 Certificate of Compliance with Rule 9 .............................................. 12

Certificate of Service ............... ........................................................... 13

Appendix ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ...... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ... .. ... 14

Indictment Cause No. 59822

Information Cause No. 62960

Judgment of Conviction Cause No. 62960

Motion to Dismiss and Order Cause No. 59822

3 INDEX OF AUTHORITIES

CASES PAGE

Texas Department of Public Safety v. Butler, ..................................... 8, 9 941 S.W.2d 318 (Tx. App. Corpus Christi 13th Dist. 1997 no pet.)

Texas Department of Public Safety v. G.B.E., ...................................... 10, 11 No. 03-13-00017-CV, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 3195 (Tx. App. Austin 3rct Dist. 2014 no pet.), not designated for publication.

Travis County District Attorney v. M.M., ............................................. 9 - 11 354 S.W.3d 920 (Tx. App. Austin 3rct Dist. 2011 no pet.)

OTHER

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 55.01 .............................................................................. 10

Article 55.01(a)(2) .................................................................... 10

4 STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT The State does not request oral argument.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The Appellant, Archie Scaife, filed a pro se Petition for Expunction

of Criminal Record seeking expunction of his arrest by the Killeen Police

Department for the offense of Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant on

May 13, 2006. That arrest resulted in his indictment in Cause No.

59,882 in the District Court of Bell County, Texas. (CR-6).

The Texas Department of Public Safety filed an answer to that

petition. (CR-153).

After a hearing the Trial Court entered Findings of Fact and

Conclusions of Law (CR-259) and denied the expunction. (CR-205).

The Appellant filed a motion for new trial (CR-263) which was

denied by the trial court after a hearing. (CR-301).

STATEMENT OF FACTS

After hearing and receiving evidence the trial court entered the

following Findings of Fact:

1. Petitioner was arrested by the Killeen Police Department on

May 2, 2006.

5 2. As a result of that arrest the Petitioner was charged with the

offense of Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer in Cause No.

59,822. Petitioner was also charged with the offense of

Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by information in Cause No.

62,960.

3. The arrests in Cause Nos. 59,822 and 62,960 arose out of the

same arrest.

4. On May 13, 2008, the Petitioner entered a plea of guilty in

Cause No. 62,920 to the offense of Unlawful Possession of a

Firearm by a Felon in the 27th District Court of Bell County,

Texas and received a sentence of 4 years in the Texas

Department of Criminal Justice.

5. The charge in Cause No. 59,922 was dismissed because the

Petitioner plead guilty in the companion case in Cause No.

62,960. (CR-259)

Copies of the indictment in Cause No. 59,822 for which the Petitioner

seeks an expunction (CR-157), the complaint charging the Petitioner

with the offense of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in Cause No.

62,960 (CR-158), the Judgment of Conviction in Cause No. 62,960, and

6 the Motion and Order Dismissing Cause No. 59,822 because the

Petitioner plead guilty in a companion case (CR-12) are all set out in the

Appendix.

SUMMARY OF STATE'S ARGUMENT

Although each of the persons and law enforcement agencies are

entitled to individual representation in an expunction proceeding,

nevertheless the District Attorney of the county may represent all of

them at the hearing should they opt not to attend.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the petition

for expunction because the Appellant entered a plea of guilty and was

convicted of an offense that arose out of the same arrest as that sought

to be expunged. The offense made the subject of the expunction request

was dismissed solely on the ground that the Appellant had pled guilty in

the companion case arising from the same transaction.

ARGUMENT AND AUTHORITIES

First Issue on Appeal

Did the trial court err in permitting the Assistant District Attorney

to represent and present the objections of the Texas Department of

Public Safety in the expunction hearing?

7 Application and Analysis

In this case the Texas Department of Public Safety filed an answer

to the Appellant's petition for expunction. The District Attorney did not.

Nevertheless the Bell County District Attorney's office appeared at the

hearing and presented the matters raised in the Department of Public

Safety's answer to the petition.

The law governing expunctions presents a unique situation in

which all persons and agencies that are parties to the expunction share

interwoven and identical interests and common goals that are achieved

by the maintenance of criminal records. Because an expunction is a civil

proceeding each agency is entitled to represent itself and is not bound

by the actions of the District Attorney. That does not mean, however,

that each of the concerned agencies are not represented by the District

Attorney. Coordination among agencies is mandated by the application

of the relief granted or denied. Relief granted or denied is applicable to

all. Texas Department of Public Safety v.

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Related

Texas Department of Public Safety v. Butler
941 S.W.2d 318 (Court of Appeals of Texas, 1997)
Travis County District Attorney v. M.M.
354 S.W.3d 920 (Court of Appeals of Texas, 2011)
Texas Department of Public Safety v. G. B. E.
459 S.W.3d 622 (Court of Appeals of Texas, 2014)

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