Legal Opinion
Bennie G. Carr v. Charles Watts
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 17, 1979No. 111, Docket 78-7283PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff Bennie Carr brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant Charles Watts, a New Haven policeman. Carr claimed that Watts violated Carr’s constitutional rights when in the course of an arrest Watts shot Carr in the arm with a bullet of a type designed to cause severe injury. The case came to trial before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and a jury verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
The sole contention on appeal is that the method employed by the District Court for selection of the jury impermissibly impaired…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States v. Brian E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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