Gardner C. Coughlen v. Jim Coots Mark Jump and Daniel Farrell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “the reason proffered by the prosecutor for the release-dismissal agreement in this case — ‘to aid in the disposition of its heavy case load’ — would probably suffice under ordinary circumstances.”
• offering as examples, situations where (1) “police misconduct is alleged, but the prosecutor is genuinely, unable to ascertain the truth surrounding the allegation”; (2
• offering as examples, situations where case has an even weaker argument than the Hill plaintiff and (1
• “[Sjhould a court conclude that a prosecutor secured a release-dismissal bargain in the face of substantial evidence of police misconduct, the court could take this as evidence of prosecutorial misconduct....”
• “[AJgreements should be scrutinized closely in eases where substantial evidence supports an allegation of police misconduct, in view of the potential for abuse of release-dismissal agreements by law enforcement officials.”
• “[A]greements should be scrutinized closely in cases where substantial evidence supports an allegation of police misconduct, in view of the potential for abuse of release- dismissal agreements by law enforcement officials.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).