Yount v. City of Sacramento
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Yount v. City of Sacramento[1] was a decision of the California Supreme Court, which significantly expanded the rights of a convicted arrestee subjected to excessive force during arrest. The case was brought by Brian T. Dunn of The Cochran Firm in California, on behalf of Steven Yount[2] when Yount was shot by a Sacramento police officer after being handcuffed during a DUI arrest.
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Yount v. City of Sacramento | |
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Decided May 19, 2008 | |
Full case name | Steven Yount v. City of Sacramento, et al. |
Citation(s) | 43 Cal.4th 885 183 P.3d 471 |
Holding | |
The plaintiff's claims were barred under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 129 L. Ed. 2d 383, 114 S. Ct. 2364 (1994), to the extent that they alleged that the defendant officer was not entitled to use any level of force against the plaintiff because the plaintiff's acts of kicking, spitting, and refusing to co-operate with the officers justified the officers in using reasonable force to subdue him. However, the plaintiff's claims were not barred by Heck v. Humphrey to the extent that they alleged that the defendant officer was not justified in using deadly force against the plaintiff in response to the plaintiff's acts of resistance. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Ronald M. George |
Associate Justices | Marvin A. Baxter, Joyce L. Kennard, Ming W. Chin Carlos R. Moreno, Carol A. Corrigan, Kathryn M. Werdegar |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Baxter, joined by George, Kennard, Chin, Moreno, and Corrigan |
Concurrence | Werdegar |
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