Legal Opinion
Booth v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided April 29, 2011No. A-10281PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Lester W. Booth Jr. was charged with assaulting one of the two police officers who came to arrest him in response to a report of domestic violence. In his defense, Booth asserted that the police officers used excessive force when making the arrest, and that the officers then attempted to justify their use of excessive force by fabricating a story that Booth had assaulted one of them.
Before trial, Booth asked the district court to order disclosure of certain portions of the two police officers' personnel files-specifically, any prior citizen complaints against these…
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