Wilkins v. DeReyes

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• holding that the plaintiff’s assertion that officers intentionally coerced false statements supported a § 1983 claim
• ruling that where detention occurs after legal process, a plaintiff, can challenge whether the legal process itself was wrongful and state a “Fourth Amendment violation sufficient to support a § 1983 malicious prosecution cause of action”
• explaining that the court must set aside false information when determining if there is probable cause
• explaining that “the issuance of an arrest warrant represents a classic example of the institution of legal process”
• concluding there was absence of probable cause when excluding allegedly false coerced statements from warrant because that was only evidence implicating plaintiffs in murders
• stating that in such a circumstance a dismissal may be indicative of innocence and thereby constitute a favor able termination

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