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· 1/25/1988

Lemons v. Driskill

Citations

  • 484 U.S. 1038
  • 108 S. Ct. 767

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, in a case in which the sheriff was not personally involved in the acts causing the constitutional deprivation, the plaintiff must show some other act by the sheriff that caused the violation
  • no probable cause exists where minimal further investigation would have reduced any suspicion created by the facts the police had discovered
  • no probable cause exists where minimal further investigation would have reduced any suspicion created by the facts the police had discovered
  • wherein the appellant's inculpatory statement was involuntary because the arresting officer gave the promise or hope of favorable treatment by telling the appellant that he would speak to the district attorney in his behalf

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