Legal Opinion
John S. Czajka v. James Hickman, Sheriff Clint Coplin, Deputy Sheriff Al Turley, Deputy Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1983No. 82-1269PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
John S. Czajka appeals from a judgment entered against him pursuant to a jury verdict in a civil action for damages against a Missouri sheriff and two deputy sheriffs. He challenges several evidentiary rulings made by the district court. We affirm.
On October 7, 1980, Czajka was confined in the St. Francois County, Missouri, jail. That evening, he and two other inmates, Ray Barton and Mike Spaeder, attempted to escape by overpowering a guard. The attempt was foiled when Deputy Sheriff Clint Coplin, one of the defendants, interrupted the attack. Czajka testified that when…
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