Yarris v. County of Delaware

How courts have described this case

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• holding that prosecutors were “absolutely immune from claims based on allegations that they ‘intentionally concealed’ exculpatory evidence”
• “‘[W]here the role as advocate has not yet begun . . . or where it has concluded, absolute immunity does not apply.’” (quoting Spurlock v. 330 F.3d 791, 799 (6th Cir. 2003))
• “Ultimately, whether a prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity depends on whether . . . she was functioning as the state’s ‘advocate’ while engaging in the alleged conduct that gives rise to the constitutional violation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).