James W. Sanders v. Horace Buchanan

HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a jury verdict denying plaintiff-appellant’s claim. Appellant, Sanders, a negro, sued defendant, appellee Buchanan, a policeman, for damages incurred when he was deprived of civil rights guaranteed by 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1343.

Sanders contends the trial court erred in permitting the introduction of collateral evidence to impeach his testimony; that the trial court erred by making remarks during the closing argument relative to Sanders’ vagrancy conviction ; that the court should have given an instruction to the…