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CLEVELAND — Despite noting"excessive force" was used during the arrest, an appeals court overturned the conviction of a Euclid police officer who was caught on camera beating a Black driver during a 2017 traffic stop .
In their opinion, written by Appellate Judge Frank Celebreeze, the panel concluded,"by the time appellant’s trial commenced on July 22, 2022, appellant’s speedy-trial time had long since expired."Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Guy Reece was appointed to oversee Amiott's case after Euclid Municipal Court Patrick Gallagher recused himself from the proceedings.
A jury found Amiott guilty of one count of misdemeanor assault and one count of interfering with civil rights for beating Richard Hubbard III during the August 2017 traffic stop.
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