Larry J. Copus v. City of Edgerton, Kenneth Burdick, Randal Meehan

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “it is possible for an individual to be properly convicted though he is unlawfully arrested”
• noting that it is possible for a person to be properly convicted, even if he was unlawfully arrested or his home unlawfully searched
• noting that it is possible for a person to be properly convicted, even if he was unlawfully arrested or his home unlawfully searched
• “Fourth Amendment claims for unlawful searches or arrests do not necessarily imply a conviction is invalid, so in all cases these claims can go forward.”
• probation officers are entitled to absolute immunity from a civil lawsuit for initiating revocation proceedings
• § 1983 claim for a Fourth Amendment violation accrues at the time of the seizure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).