· 9/20/1994
United States v. Prevatte
Citations
- 40 M.J. 396
- 1994 CMA LEXIS 94
- 1994 WL 585590
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that an officer who was driving to a site of a suspected homicide was not entitled to sovereign immunity because there was no evidence of an immediate threat to public safety
- noting that the employment of law enforcement officers relates directly to the “Commonwealth’s interest and function . . . to protect the public safety”
- denying immunity to a police officer who was driving to a site of a suspected homicide where there was no evidence of an immediate threat to public safety
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Judges: Cox, Crawford, Gierke, Sullivan, Wiss
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