(DOWNLOAD) "Simmons v. City of Chicago" by Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Simmons v. City of Chicago
- Author : Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed
- Release Date : January 03, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
Description
Verlena Simmons, as administrator of the estate of Harold Simmons, deceased (plaintiff), brought this action against the city of Chicago and Casey Hawkins (defendant), for injuries sustained by Harold Simmons (decedent), after decedent was shot by defendant while defendant was on duty as a Chicago police officer. Decedent, 16 years old, survived his injuries but died in an unrelated incident. A jury entered a verdict in favor of the city and defendant. The jury returned an affirmative answer to a special interrogatory which asked if defendant reasonably believed the force used by him was necessary to prevent decedent's escape and defendant reasonably believed decedent had committed or attempted to commit a forcible felony. Plaintiff appeals. Clifton Russel testified that on May 13, 1977, he left a currency exchange in Chicago after cashing his pay check. Decedent and another boy came up to him and stated this is a stickup. Decedent reached into the witness' pocket. The witness slapped decedent's hand. Decedent made a motion with his hand indicating he had a gun. But he didn't pull no gun up. The witness ran into a delivery truck which was parked nearby. The assailants followed the witness onto the truck. They accused the witness of having a watch belonging to one of the boys. Decedent said, Give it up or we're going to blow your brains out. Decedent then reached into the witness' pocket and took some change and bus tokens. He saw the boys accost another person, Joe Lewis, in front of the currency exchange. The witness told defendant, Them boys are the ones that stuck me up and they're doing it to Joe Lewis. The witness saw defendant chase the boys.
 "Simmons v. City of Chicago" by Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1St Division) Judgment Affirmed # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free){kind=link}