California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Roe v. City of Fountain Valley, G054434 (Cal. App. 2018):
arrestee cannot be convicted under Penal Code section 148, subdivision (a). [Citations.] '[E]xcessive force by a police officer . . . is not within the performance of the officer's duty.' [Citations.]" (Ibid.) An officer using unreasonable force cannot possibly be lawfully exercising his or her duties within the meaning of Penal Code section 148, subdivision (a)(1). (See Truong, at p. 1428, citing Sanford v. Motts (9th Cir. 2001) 258 F.3d 1117, 1119-1120 [court concluded "a claim based on the use of excessive force after an arrest was not barred because a judgment for the plaintiff would not necessarily imply [the] conviction was invalid"].)
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