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Tennessee v. Garner 471 US 1 (1985)
The case of Tennessee v. Garner was originally heard in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and was dismissed. The ruling was “the officer’s actions were authorized by a Tennessee statute which allowed police to use all necessary means to effect an arrest where a suspect fled or forcibly resisted after being notified of the intent of an arrest, and that this statute was constitutional.”(Tennessee v. Garner 471 US 1 (1985)). ... The suspect was Edward Garner. ... District Court for the Western District of Tennessee the case was dismissed, because Tennessee has a statute that allowed police to use all necessary means to effect an arrest where a suspect fled or forcibly resisted after being notified of the intent of an arrest, and that this statute was constitutional (Tennessee v. Garner 471 US 1 (1985)). ... ”(Tennessee v. Garner 471 US 1 (1985)).
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