Legal Opinion
Kisela v. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 2, 2018No. 17-467PublishedCited by 1,704 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1150 PER CURIAM.
Petitioner Andrew Kisela, a police officer in Tucson, Arizona, shot respondent Amy Hughes. Kisela and two other officers had arrived on the scene after hearing a police radio report that a woman was engaging in erratic behavior with a knife. They had been there but a few minutes, perhaps just a minute. When Kisela fired, Hughes was holding a large kitchen knife, had taken steps toward another woman standing nearby, and had refused to drop the knife after at least two commands to do so. The question is whether at the time of the shooting Kisela's actions violated clearly…
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