# Devore v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · September 11, 1987 · 530 A.2d 1173

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9634854

## Case

- **Full name:** Maurice W. DEVORE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** September 11, 1987
- **Citations:** 530 A.2d 1173; 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 425
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Pryor
- **Judges:** Pryor, Steadman, Gallagher
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing that confidentiality of juvenile records “is not absolute” and must yield in some cases

## Opinion text

PRYOR, Chief Judge,
concurring:
It may be that the holding in the present case, when compared with our decision in McAdoo v. United States, 515 A.2d 412 (D.C.1986), will cause some confusion. If the alternative is to allow no cross-examination of the character witness at all, then I reluctantly opt to permit the trial court, in the exercise of discretion, to authorize limited inquiry consistent with the majority opinion.

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