TYUS

v.

MARTINEZ

Citator

Cited By (22 total)

• Dean v. Barber, 951 F.2d 1210 (11th Cir. 1992)
  …entity subject to suit. Sheriff’s departments and police departments are not usually considered legal entities subject to suit, see, e.g., Martinez v. Winner, 771 F. 2d 424, 444 (10th Cir.1985) (Denver Police Department not suable entity), vacated, 475 U.S. 1138, 106 S.Ct. 1787, 90 L.Ed.2d 333 (1986) (remanding for consideration of mootness), vacated as moot, 800 F. 2d 230 (1986) (no controversy because plaintiff withdrew from case); Post v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 750 F.Supp. 1131 (S.D.Fla.1990); Shelby v…
• United States v. Headspeth, 852 F.2d 753 (4th Cir. 1988)
  …quently admonished district courts not to attempt to define reasonable doubt in their instructions to the jury absent a specific request from the jury itself. See, e.g., Murphy v. Holland, 776 F. 2d 470, 475 (4th Cir.1985), vacated on other grounds, 475 U.S. 1138, 106 S.Ct. 1787, 90 L.Ed.2d 334 (1986); United States v. Love, 767 F. 2d 1052, 1060 (4th Cir.1985); United States v. Moss, 756 F. 2d 329, 333 (4th Cir.1985); Smith v. Bordenkircher, 718 F. 2d 1273, 1276 (4th Cir.1983). We have done so on the theor…
• Smith v. Black, 904 F.2d 950 (5th Cir. 1990)
  …ent to the jury at the punishment phase fell within the latitude afforded closing argument reasonably premised on physical evidence and witness testimony. See, e.g., Mattheson v. King, 751 F. 2d 1432, 1445-46 (5th Cir.1985), cert. dismissed as moot, 475 U.S. 1138, 106 S.Ct. 1798, 90 L.Ed.2d 343 (1986); Whittington v. Estelle, 704 F. 2d 1418, 1423 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 983, 104 S.Ct. 428, 78 L.Ed.2d 361 (1983); Tijerina v. Estelle, 692 F. 2d 3, 7 (5th Cir.1982). Although the evidence did not reas…