Tag: Shooting
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Law Enforcement Expert Witness Allowed to Discuss Intoxication’s Impact on the Ability to Communicate
As personal representative to the estate of Joshua Sarrett, Plaintiff Derek Stenson brings federal and state law claims against King County and Jacob Leenstra, a Sherriff’s Deputy, who shot and killed Sarrett on September 19, 2020, while responding to a request for help at Sarrett’s residence. On September 19, 2020, Sarrett’s sisters, Chantal Capps and…
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Crime Scene Reconstruction Expert Witness Allowed to Testify Because He Did Not Base His Conclusion on Physiology
This matter stems from an incident which constituted an officer-involved shooting (sometimes referred to as “OIS”). On January 15, 2019, Defendant Oliver Simmonds was an Atlanta Police Department (“APD”) Officer operating in a plain clothes capacity as a member of the Department’s Executive Protection Unit (“EPU”). Simmonds was driving an unmarked APD vehicle. Simmonds stopped…
