Kunz v. DeFelice

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that the plaintiff “was shackled and defenseless while he was being punched and thus vulnerable to the injury inflicted”
• warning that there is “considerable danger that evidence that a witness has used illegal drugs may so prejudice the jury that it will excessively discount the witness’ testimony”
• explaining that evidence of drug use may be used to impeach a witness’s recollection of events but not for the impermissible “inference that drug users tend to lie”
• explaining that evidence of drug use may be used to impeach a witness's recollection of events but not for the impermissible “inference that drug users tend to lie”
• explaining that evidence of drug use may be used to impeach a witness’s recollection of events but not for the impermissible “inference that drug users tend to lie”
• recounting the plaintiffs actions of delivering drugs, driving a stolen vehicle while drunk, and fleeing the police, all of which necessitated the plaintiffs arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).