Minnesota’s Supreme Court is looking for a designee to sit on a marijuana expungements board that is being created under the state’s new legalization law.
In a public notice that was posted on Wednesday, the court described the composition and responsibilities of the Cannabis Expungement Board, which will facilitate record sealing for people with eligible marijuana convictions on their records.
After the cases are identified by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), the board will need to review them to determine if the offense would no longer be a crime (or be a lesser crime) and then decide “whether a person’s conviction should be vacated, charges dismissed, records expunged, or whether the person should be resentenced to a lesser offense,” the notice from the court’s chief justice said.
The Minnesota Supreme Court Seeks Applicants for the Cannabis Expungement Board https://t.co/ds05X6LVBl
— MN State Law Library (@StateLawLibrary) June 21, 2023
The board will be formally established on the same day that cannabis possession and home cultivation are legalized, on August 1.
Members will “hold meetings at least monthly and shall hold a meeting whenever the board takes formal action on a review of a conviction or stay of adjudication
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