KELLY v. CURTIS

No. 92-8791.

21 F.3d 1544 (1994)

John KELLY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven CURTIS; Julie M. Gibson; J.R. Moore; Chatham County, GA, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Clark, Linnie L. Darden, III, Savannah, GA, for defendants-appellants.

David Roberson, Randall A. Schmidt, Roberson & Schmidt, Savannah, GA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

John Kelly spent a year in jail awaiting trial on charges that were eventually dropped. After his release, Kelly sued Chatham County, Georgia, and three of its police detectives who had been involved in his arrest. In factual terms, Kelly accused the detectives of concealing exculpatory evidence and of presenting false testimony, thereby causing his lengthy incarceration; he charged the County with failing to establish adequate procedures for...

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