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New Trial for Improper Voir Dire

Loaded on March 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News March, 1995, page 7
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Civil Procedure, Evidentiary Ruling, Juries. Location: California.
California state prisoner Floyd Scott claimed that prison officials used excessive force in physically restraining him after he attacked a guard. The case went to trial and the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant prison officials. Scott appealed claiming that the trial court had committed reversible error ...

 

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