Legal Opinion
Miller v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 7, 1984No. 83-923PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge,
Retired:
This is an appeal from a post-trial order reducing a jury’s award of damages to the amount that appellant sought in the ad damnum clause of his complaint. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in reducing the award. We reverse and remand.
Appellant was arrested on March 23, 1976, in front of his apartment building on 7th Street, S.W. for drinking in public in violation of D.C.Code § 25-128 (1973). The evidence indicates that appellant was arrested by Officer Anthony Mazzant after ignoring an order to refrain from drinking while he was standing on or near a…
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