United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction of police officer of kicking and causing bodily injury under color of law to a motorist stopped for a traffic violation who fled from the police, is affirmed over challenges to the admission of opinion evidence at trial and the sufficiency of the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2006
• Published 11/29/2006

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS E. JOHNSTON, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael Oliver Hueston, New York, New York, for Appellant.  Christopher Chen-Hsin Wang, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Richard H. Rosenberg, New York, New York, for Appellant.  Bradley J. Schlozman, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David K. Flynn, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.