Legal Opinion
Larry E. Davis v. Michael P. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1987No. 85-2304PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.
Larry Davis, an inmate of the Stateville Correctional Center [Stateville], in State-ville, Illinois, who was shot by a Stateville guard, challenges the form of the district court’s instructions to the jury on his federal and state law claims. Mindful as we are of the trial judge’s discretion in charging the jury, we nevertheless find that there was an error in the instructions to the jury regarding the plaintiff’s dual claims. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial. Moreover, on remand, we also direct the district court to reconsider its decision to…
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