Harris v. Navarro

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Harris v. Navarro, 600 So. 2d 1147 (1992)
1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 5091; 1992 WL 98817
Alan, Downey, Letts, Schwartz

Harris v. Navarro

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Viewed in the required light most favorable to appellees as the jury verdict winners, the record demonstrates as a matter of law that there was no justification for Officer Hoffman’s intentional shooting of the decedent. Sections 776.012, 776.05, 933.15, Fla.Stat. (1985). See also Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 105 S.Ct. 1694, 85 L.Ed.2d 1 (1985). Accordingly, the judgment below is reversed and the cause remanded for entry of judgment on liability for the plaintiffs and a new trial on damages.

DOWNEY and LETTS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, ALAN R„ Associate Judge, concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Janice HARRIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Herbert Harris, and Janice Harris, individually, and Scott Harris and Jeffrey Harris v. Nick NAVARRO, as Sheriff of Broward County, and Joseph Hoffman
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Status
Published