Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Davis
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 5, 2002No. 01-CT-1553PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Senior Judge:
Whitney Davis sought to seal the record of her arrest for a minor infraction of the District’s drinking statute. The District of Columbia now claims that the trial court abused its discretion in granting Davis’ motion to seal her arrest record when she did not show, by clear and convincing evidence, that no crime was committed or that she did not commit the crime. We agree with the District; we reverse.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Facts
On November 17, 2000, Davis was walking down a public sidewalk in the District with an open bottle of beer in her hand. She was…
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