Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Johnstone
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 24, 1997No. 95-5833PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by Ronald Johnstone, a former municipal police officer, in a federal criminal civil rights case, 18 U.S.C. § 242, requires us to consider the correctness of jury instructions concerning the excessive force and intent elements of that offense. We must also determine the propriety of a sentencing guideline enhancement for use of a dangerous weapon. 1 For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Johnstone and Richard Poplaski, former officers in the Kearny, New Jersey Police Department, were charged in a…
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