McDay v. City of Atlanta

Carley, Presiding Judge.

The undisputed material facts in this wrongful death action are as follows: Appellee-defendants Carl Price and S. C. Cartwright, who are police officers of appellee-defendant City of Atlanta, arrested appellant-plaintiff’s decedent, Robert Wadley, on a charge of murder. The suspected murder weapon, a loaded pistol, was confiscated from Wadley’s residence. Wadley was handcuffed, and brought to a police station for questioning. There, Officer Price placed on the desk in his office two unsealed evidence envelopes. One envelope contained Wadley’s pistol, which had been…