Tenth Circuit· 8/23/1993

Zuchel v. Denver

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997 F.2d 730

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holding that expert testimony on whether an officer’s conduct was “inappropriate” based on generally accepted police custom and practice was admissible, but noting that testimony about whether the conduct was “unconstitutional” would not have been permissible
stating that a critical factor in Specht was that the witness was an attorney seeking to testify about constitutional law
admitting expert testimony because the expert did not give a legal opinion that a police officer’s conduct was unconstitutional, but rather stated his belief that the officer’s conduct was not in line with generally accepted police custom and practice
declining to set aside a jury finding of excessive force where there was evidence that an officer shot a suspect who was said to have a knife but \was not charging the officer and made no slicing or stabbing motions toward him\

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