Maurice W. DEVORE, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES, Appellee.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 7, 1986.
Decided September 11, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Calvin Steinmetz, with whom Anita Isicson, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.
Michael B. Hull, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, and N. Paul Patterson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.
Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
In McAdoo v. United States,515 A.2d 412 (D.C.1986), we held that a defendant's juvenile adjudications cannot be used to impeach the defendant's character witnesses on cross-examination. Before us on this appeal is the question whether a character witness may be cross-examined about the wrongful acts of the defendant that underlie the juvenile adjudications...
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