· 9/7/1831
People ex rel. Bentley v. Commissioners of Highways of Hndson
Citations
- 6 Wend. 559
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- declining to require expert testimony in a 19 case involving an officer’s use of force in taking someone to the ground and using a taser
- “[R]equiring expert testimony rather than 20 simply permitting it represents an extraordinary step, one to be taken only when ‘unusually 21 complex or esoteric issues are before the jury.’”
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Judges: Sutherland
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