Plaster v. City of Houston

*422OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment affirming the City of Houston Civil Service Commission’s order upholding appellant’s indefinite suspension.

On July 11,1975, Billy Keith Joyvies was-shot to death by Houston police officers following a high speed chase. When appellant, a Houston police officer, arrived at the scene, he learned that no gun was found in Joyvies’ vehicle. Jim Priest, a newsman at the scene, told appellant that a gun was needed, and Officer J.S. White responded that he knew where one was. White, at appellant’s request, obtained the pistol and handed it to…