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CARR v. WATTS

No. 111, Docket 78-7283.

597 F.2d 830 (1979)

Bennie G. CARR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles WATTS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Williams, Williams, Wynn & Wise, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph D. Garrison, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, New Haven, Conn., for defendant-appellee.

Before WATERMAN, GURFEIN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Bennie Carr brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant Charles Watts, a New Haven policeman. Carr claimed that Watts violated Carr's constitutional rights when in the course of an arrest Watts shot Carr in the arm with a bullet of a type designed to cause severe injury. The case came to trial before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and a jury verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant...

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