Wilson v. Lawrence County

How courts have described this case

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• deciding that recklessness was enough when officers failed “to investigate [other] leads” in light of the fact that all they had was “an involuntary confession and no reliable corroborating evidence” (emphasis added)
• affirming denial of qualified immunity on coerced confession claim where defendant was mentally handicapped
• “If officers use false evidence, including false testimony, to secure a conviction, the defendant’s due process is violated.”
• “Denials of summary judgment based on qualified immunity are appealable to the extent the appeal seeks review of the purely legal determinations made by the district court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).