Equal Protection Violation – Expungement of Conviction

By: Derek Hawkins//November 8, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Eric D. Colbert

Case No.: 2015AP1880-CR

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Equal Protection Violation – Expungement of Conviction

Eric D. Colbert appeals from an order of the circuit court denying expungement of his conviction for manufacture or delivery of THC. He claims that the denial of expungement violates equal protection and due process. Colbert’s chief arguments were resolved by our supreme court’s decision in State v. Ozuna, 2017 WI 64, 376 Wis. 2d 1, 898 N.W.2d 20, and Colbert fails to properly develop any additional arguments. We affirm.

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