When is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Not Required to Issue You a Certificate of Eligibility?
·By Ronald S. Chapman, P.A.
In the case of A.J.M. v. Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the issue was whether the Florida Department of Law Enforcement had to issue a certificate of eligibility to seal a criminal-history record where the charge to be sealed was resolved without an adjudication of guilt, but where remaining charges stemming from the original arrest were still pending. An article I posted on my website, Florida Criminal Records: Frequently Asked Questions, looks at how this issue was ultimately decided by a Florida court.