SCOTT RUDOLPH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that whether a victim actually fired at officers was “wholly immaterial,” and the only question was whether he threatened to do so
• holding that whether a victim actually fired at officers was “wholly immaterial,” and the only question was whether he threatened to do so
• officer entitled to qualified immunity where suspect fled holding a pistol and disregarded police warnings to stop
• “[T]he issue that is material here is ... whether [the suspect] pointed his weapon at the officers and thus posed an immediate threat to them.”
• officer entitled to qualified immunity where suspect fled holding a pistol and disregarded police warnings to stop
• officer shot decedent seven times after the decedent had been brought down by other officer’s shot

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).