Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Purvis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 6, 1996No. 1951352, 1951361PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
There is but one legal question presented in these mandamus petitions filed by former Mobile County Sheriff Thomas J. Purvis and former Deputy Sheriff Allan Scott: Are they immune from liability in an action filed by a woman who was shot by a fugitive who had avoided capture?
The facts are not seriously disputed. On June 28, 1994, Jimmie Whitt shot and killed a Mississippi law enforcement officer. A BOLO ("be on the lookout") radio message was broadcast and was received by Alabama law enforcement officers in and around Mobile. The BOLO message gave a Mobile address as the last known address of…
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