Legal Opinion

Lester Eugene Siler v. Charles Scott

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided May 30, 2019No. E2017-01112-COA-R3-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

05/30/2019 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE January 16, 2019 Session LESTER EUGENE SILER ET AL. v. CHARLES SCOTT ET AL. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Campbell County No. 12792 Paul G. Summers, Senior Judge1 No. E2017-01112-COA-R3-CV This case arises out of an incident in 2004 when five Campbell County deputy sheriffs went to the plaintiffs’ residence. The officers ordered the wife of Lester Eugene Siler, and his son, Dakota Siler, to leave the house. The deputies then proceeded to beat and torture Mr. Siler for more than two hours in an attempt to get him to sign a search…

2Cases cited72 opinions

  1. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Blanchard v. BergeronSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Patton v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. State v. EvansTennessee Supreme Court · 1992

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