Ninth Circuit Upholds $106,000 in Damages Plus Attorney Fees for Withheld Evidence

Loaded on May 6, 2015 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News May, 2015, page 28

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: California.

Ninth Circuit Upholds $106,000 in Damages Plus Attorney Fees for Withheld Evidence

by Mark Wilson

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $106,000 damage award and over $348,300 in attorney fees and costs for an innocent man’s 27-month pretrial confinement after two police detectives knowingly concealed compelling evidence ...

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