· 6/10/1997
Montoute v. City of Sebring
Citations
- 114 F.3d 181
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 13597
- 1997 WL 274336
How courts have described this case
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- determining that an officer was entitled to qualified immunity even where an armed suspect never turned to face the officer because the suspect could have turned “in a split second”
- determining that an officer was entitled to qualified immunity even where an armed suspect never turned to face the officer because the suspect could have turned “in a split second”
- “Thus, the qualified immunity standard is broad enough to cover some ‘mistaken judgment []’____”
- “Thus, the qualified immunity standard is broad enough to cover some ‘mistaken judgment []’ . . . .”
- officer entitled to qualified immunity for shooting suspect when suspect fled with a sawed- off shotgun and ignored command to stop
- officer entitled to qualified immunity for shooting suspect when suspect fled with a sawed- off shotgun and ignored command to stop
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Judges: Carnes, Clark, Campbell
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