PFEIFER, J.
The present case requires us to determine whether a police officer testifying in trial regarding his personal advice to a nephew about that relative's cooperation in a murder investigation is a public official for defamation purposes. For the following reasons we answer this question in the affirmative.
The right to sue for damage to one's reputation pursuant to state law is not absolute. Instead, the right is encumbered by the First Amendment...
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