U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Herman Harris v. Zachary Pittman
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- June 18, 2019
- Case
- Herman Harris v. Zachary Pittman
- Case status
- Decided
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WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, dissenting: This dispute began when Herman Harris fled from Officer Zachary Pittman, after repeatedly being told to stop. Pittman caught up to Harris at the edge of a tree line and both men fell many feet down into the woods. In the ensuing struggle, the suspect fought off a taser and repeatedly struck Pittman. As Harris later admitted in a guilty plea for this assault, he tried to shoot Pittman…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
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| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | June 18, 2019 |
| Opinion | Not attributed | June 18, 2019 |