Criminal_Law

Criminal Law I. Introduction. I have found Kerr v. City of West Palm Beach 875 F.2d 1546; (1989), in which the court found that it is constitutionally unreasonable to use deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances are. Kerr 875 F.2d 1546 at 21. This helps our case by a Supreme Court Judge stating that it is unconstitutional to use deadly force against fleeing suspects. I have also found that it has been proven that serious bodily harm is in fact deadly force. So with any case in which it was ruled as excessive force, for example in Kerr. Therefore there are two rulings that use of deadly force is unconstitutional. We were able to prove that the use of a K-9 is deadly force, by in Robinette v Barnes 854 F.2d 909, they conclude that a dog properly trained to attack, would be classified as deadly force. Thus all the dogs in all these cases, including the one involving out client, were trained to attack the first open, vulnerable part on the body, therefore proving that the attack of a K-9 on a person is deadly force. Also to back force, deadly, officer, suspect, dog, serious, chew, police, trained, tennessee, k-9, injury, f3d, bodily, policy, however, death, cause, case, harm, garner, believe, barnes, probable, fleeing, felony, thus, threat, poses, physical, person, others, f2d, escape