Tammy D. Scarbrough, Carol C. Davis v. Bryant Myles, Jr., Chuck Hall

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• explaining that arguable probable cause exists “where reasonable officers in the same circumstances and possessing the same knowledge as the Defendant[ ] could have believed that probable caused existed to arrest.”
• \Arguable probable cause does not require an arresting officer to prove every element of a crime[.]\
• “[A]ll that is required for qualified immunity to be applicable to an arresting officer is arguable probable cause to believe that a person is committing a particular public offense.” (quotation omitted)
• “Because a preliminary hearing [to determine probable cause] is a judicial proceeding, [a police officer/detective] enjoys absolute immunity from civil liability damages resulting from his testimony. He also has absolute immunity from state-law claims.”
• “Police officers are not expected to be lawyers or prosecutors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).