Legal Opinion
Mahaise v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 30, 1998No. 97-CO-1646PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant, a student at a local university, was arrested and charged with assault 1 after an altercation with a fellow student in her apartment. When the matter first came to court, however, the United States Attorney’s Office “no-papered” the case, and the charges were dropped. Appellant then filed a timely motion under Super. Ct.Crim. R. 118, accompanied by his own detailed affidavit, to seal the record of his arrest. 2 After requesting and receiving a response from the government, the trial court denied the motion. We affirm.
Appellant’s only contention on appeal is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Comber v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Ernesto Guarro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- District of Columbia v. HudsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Ray v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Lewis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Dunn v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- V.C.B. v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
- Esperanza Contreras v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
- Watson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
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