Martyn v. Donlin

How courts have described this case

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

• officer not liable for death of a suspect if force used was amount he reasonably believed necessary under the circumstances
• extrinsic evidence inadmissible to prove particular acts of misconduct going solely to witness’ veracity
• “[i]n an attack on [an adversary’s] credit, inquiry may be made, in the discretion of the court, as to particular acts of misconduct tending to show a lack of veracity, even though such evidence might be irrelevant to the issues in the case”
• `[i]n an attack on [an adversary's] credit, inquiry may be made, in the discretion of the court, as to particular acts of misconduct tending to show a lack of veracity, even though such evidence might be irrelevant to the issues in the case'

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).