LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether a police officer sued for making an allegedly illegal arrest can invoke the "related crimes" defense in asserting qualified immunity. The defense, adopted by a number of other circuits, provides "that even where there is no probable cause to arrest the plaintiff for the crime charged, proof of probable cause to arrest the plaintiff for a related offense is also a defense which may entitle the arresting...
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