SNYDER v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA

Civ. A. No. 94-528-A.

870 F.Supp. 672 (1994)

Walter T. SNYDER, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia.

November 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elise R. Lapidus, Law Offices of George D. Varoutsos, Arlington, VA, for plaintiff.

Philip G. Sunderland, City Atty., George Andrews, Asst. City Atty., Alexandria, VA, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Walter T. Snyder, convicted of rape and other charges by a Virginia jury, spent nearly seven years in prison before being pardoned as a result of DNA tests that indicated his innocence. Snyder believes his conviction was not merely a regrettable error, but resulted instead from police misconduct that violated his common-law and constitutional rights. Accordingly, he sues here, under a number of federal and...

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