Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kenneth Raymond WAGES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-05-31
Citations: 757 So. 2d 1285
Docket Number: No. 4D99-1293
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kenneth Raymond WAGES, Appellee.
Judges: POLEN and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 757
Pages: 1285–1285

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Kenneth Raymond WAGES, Appellee.
No. 4D99-1293.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 31, 2000.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jan E. Vair, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
R. Stephen Ottewell of R. .Stephen Otte-well, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order denying the state's motion to modify its prior order granting expunction of a criminal record. As the state argued below, appellant is entitled only to have his record sealed. See , § 943.059, Fla. Stat. (1999). Appellant did not obtain a certificate of eligibility for expunction from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. See § 943.0585(2), Fla. Stat. (1999). If the record is sealed for ten years, and appellant meets the other statutory criteria, he may then apply for expunction. See § 943.0585(2)(h), Fla. Stat. (1999).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
POLEN and GROSS, JJ., concur.
STONE, J., dissents without opinion.