COOK v. SPENCER

No. 81-1010 Summary Calendar.

688 F.2d 1017 (1982)

Carl Dennis COOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Deputy Jim SPENCER, Navarro County Police Department, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing December 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Koury, Houston, Tex. (court-appointed), for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank Betancourt, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Carl Dennis Cook appeals from a take-nothing judgment entered after a jury verdict in his action against Jim Spencer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Cook's sole alleged error is that the trial court improperly allowed testimony regarding matters that were irrelevant and prejudicial to Cook's claim.

On February 18, 1977, Cook was a passenger in a car driven by Marvin Brown, which was stopped by Deputy Eddie Foreman of the Navarro County Sheriff's Department...

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