TENNELL v. TELTHORSTER

No. 14-99-01141-CV.

84 S.W.3d 1 (2000)

Ollie Lee TENNELL, Appellant, v. Mark Andrew TELTHORSTER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

October 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Robert Brinson, Houston, W. Wendell Hall, Renee Forinash McElhaney, San Antonio, for appellant.

Albert M. Hassler, II, Richard P. Hogan Jr., David M. Gunn, David P. Matthews, Houston, for appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice MURPHY and Justices HUDSON and WITTIG.


OPINION

PAUL C. MURPHY, Chief Justice.

Officer Telthorster shot an unarmed man in the back while he was lying on the ground, half-handcuffed. In this appeal from a summary judgment on the affirmative defense of qualified immunity, we are asked to review whether appellee, Officer Mark Andrew Telthorster, established as a matter of law that he acted in good faith during the arrest of appellant, Ollie Lee Tennell. We hold that he did not and reverse the trial...

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