LAMBERT, WAYNE C., MTR. OF

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• stating that a malicious-prosecution claim “measures whether the defendant had probable cause . . . as of the beginning of the criminal proceeding”
• explaining to prove a malicious prosecution claim under Georgia law, a plaintiff must establish that a criminal prosecution terminated in her favor, among other elements
• “To establish a federal claim for malicious prosecution under § 1983, a plaintiff must prove (1) the elements of the common-law tort of malicious prosecution and (2) a violation of his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).