Roesch v. Otarola

How courts have described this case

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• holding that adjournment of ' criminal charges pursuant to a pretrial rehabilitation program did not constitute a favorable termination for purposes of a malicious prosecution or false arrest claim
• “A person ... must pursue the criminal case to an acquittal or an unqualified dismissal”
• “[W]e hold [that a] trial rehabilitation program is not a termination in favor of the accused for purposes of a civil rights suit.”
• “…we hold that a dismissal pursuant to the Connecticut accelerated pretrial rehabilitation program is not a termination in favor of the accused for purposes of a civil rights suit.”
• “[W]e are not aware of any opinion by Connecticut’s highest court addressing the issue of favorable termination in the context of a claim for false arrest where there has been no determination as to guilt.”

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