PEREA v. STOUT

No. 4151.

613 P.2d 1034 (1980)

94 N.M. 595

Eliseo Max PEREA, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bruce STOUT, Mel Sedillo, Danny Julian, Larry Fagan, Lawrence Romero as Sheriff of Valencia County, J. Michael Alexander, Ray Anaya and Larry Standard, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred M. Carvajal, Pedro P. Palacios, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

Carlos G. Martinez, Shaffer, Butt, Thornton & Baehr, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees Sedillo, Fagan, Alexander and Julian.

Robert G. McCorkle, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for appellees Stout, Romero, Anaya and Standard.


OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit involves both action and inaction on the part of eight defendants in connection with matters which resulted in plaintiff being jailed. After reviewing the facts in a light most favorable to the results in the trial court, we discuss: (1) alleged misconduct of defense attorneys; (2) a directed verdict; and (3) five issues concerning instructions, the most important of which is the fifth one — a law officer's...

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