MAHAISE v. U.S.

No. 97-CO-1646.

722 A.2d 29 (1998)

Bernard A. MAHAISE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 30, 1998.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan R. Van Bell, Washington, DC, for appellant. Richard A. Seligman, Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellant.

James R. Costello, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Mary-Patrice Brown, and Robert D. Okun, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a student at a local university, was arrested and charged with assault1 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...

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