Klaes v. Scholl

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This further review of a decision of the Court of Appeals presents the issue of whether the trial court erred in overruling objections by Harvey D. Scholl to questions of him regarding instances of prior assaultive conduct by him including arrests and guilty pleas. The case involves the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Scholl in the early morning of December 19, 1981.

James P. Klaes filed a civil action against Scholl on March 10, 1982, alleging that on December 19 preceding he was on duty as a police officer of the City of Clinton, Iowa. He further alleged that…