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· 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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