RAINSBERGER v. BENNER

No. 17-2521.

913 F.3d 640 (2019)

William RAINSBERGER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles BENNER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Waples , Attorney, Waples & Hanger, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Donald Eugene Morgan , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Hamilton and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


William Rainsberger was charged with murdering his elderly mother. But the detective who built the case against him, Charles Benner, may have been dishonest. According to Rainsberger, Benner submitted a probable cause affidavit that was riddled with lies and undercut by the omission of exculpatory evidence. Based on that...

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