Hadim

BACKGROUND

In one case, defendant was charged on May 6, 2020 with a misdemeanor pertaining to his establishing, operating, and leasing an unlicensed commercial cannabis establishment, and a misdemeanor for illegal use of land stemming from the cannabis activity (L.A. Mun. Code, §§ 104.15, subd. (a)(1), 104.15, subd. (b)(4), 12.21, subd. A.1(a), respectively). The offenses were alleged to have occurred on December 3, 2019. In the other case, defendant was charged on May 13, 2020 with committing the same offenses on February 12, 2020. On February 19, 2021, court-initiated misdemeanor diversion was granted for six months pursuant to section 1001.95 in both cases, with terms and conditions including that defendant was “not to rent or lease or otherwise allow commercial cannabis activity” on his property. On August 18, 2021, the court determined defendant successfully completed diversion, and dismissed all the charges. Defendant filed his section 851.91 petitions in each case on September 13, 2021, requesting “an [o]rder sealing all records stemming from the arrest” in the cases. He indicated sealing was required because a conviction had not resulted in the cases, the charges had been…