In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful detention and interrogation during an investigation, judgment for defendants is affirmed where any error in submitting the question of objective reasonableness to the jury was harmless because the jury’s other answers on the verdict form indicated a total defense verdict.

Read Gonzales v. Duran, No. 08-2184

Appellate Information

Filed December 22, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Kelly

Counsel

For Appellants:

Paul Kennedy, Mary Y.C. Han and Darin M. Foster, Kennedy & Han, P.C., Albuquerque, NM

For Appellees:

Kathryn Levy, Lisa Entress Pullen, Gralow, Hill & Curtis, P.A., Albuquerque, NM

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