Opinion ID: 1314955
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Derrick Turner

Text: Derrick Turner was also working on Cell Block # 1-G as a paid inmate trustee, assigned to keep an eye on inmates thought likely to commit suicide. Turner estimated he was standing about ten feet from Teodorovic at the time of the incident. Turner testified that after Teodorovic took a swing at him, Reimer grabbed Teodorovic and held him down to the ground, so that he would subdue him. Turner explained that Coté then ran into the cell block and, using both hands, more or less grabbed this guy and slammed his head into the ground and [then] he started stomping him. Turner testified that [i]t was so hard you could feel the vibration. Turner also recalled Reimer telling Coté to calm down or something, but Coté was shouting at Teodorovic: `That's what you get for messing with a correction officer,' or something like that. On cross-examination, Turner stated that Coté stomped Teodorovic's head several times. When asked to give a more specific number, Turner estimated the number of stomps to be between two and seven. He also claimed that before Coté began stomping on Teodorovic, Reimer punched Teodorovic a few times while on the ground, and they were tussling with each other.