Huthnance v. District of Columbia, et al., No. 11-7086 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit claiming that the District police violated her common-law, statutory, and constitutional rights when they arrested her for disorderly conduct. The jury awarded her compensatory and punitive damages. The District and its officers appealed. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding evidence of the radio log. The court concluded, however, that the district court erred by issuing a missing evidence instruction but that the error was not prejudicial. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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