Bosick v. State

Full title: WILLIAM C. BOSICK Petitioner v. STATE OF DELAWARE Respondent

Court: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Date published: Nov 5, 2014

C.A. No. N14X-05-017 (Del. Super. Ct. Nov. 5, 2014)

Opinion

C.A. No. N14X-05-017

11-05-2014

WILLIAM C. BOSICK Petitioner v. STATE OF DELAWARE Respondent

William C. Bosick, Newark, Delaware, pro se Brenna A. Dolphin, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for the State

COOCH, R.J.

On Petitioner's Request for Reconsideration of Petition for Expungement.
DENIED.
ORDER William C. Bosick, Newark, Delaware, pro se Brenna A. Dolphin, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for the State COOCH, R.J.

This 5^th day of November 2014, upon consideration of Defendant's Request for Reconsideration of Petition for Expungement, it appears to the Court that:

1. Defendant was arrested in 1995 and convicted of two felonies which have since been pardoned by the Governor.

2. Pursuant to Delaware statute, this Court cannot grant the expungement of felony convictions, no matter whether the felony convictions were later pardoned by the Governor.¹

Therefore, Defendant's Request for Reconsideration of Petition for Expungement is DENIED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/_________

Richard R. Cooch, R.J.
cc: Prothonotary

Brenna A. Dolphin, Esquire

William C. Bosick

See 11 Del. C. § 4375 (allowing Court to expunge certain pardoned misdemeanor convictions and other violations). Notably, § 4375 does not extend the Court's discretion to pardoned felony convictions.