John Kelly, Jr. v. Steven Curtis Julie M. Gibson J.R. Moore Chatham County, Ga

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1994-06-08

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CARNES, Circuit Judge: John Kelly spent a year in jail awaiting trial on charges that were eventually dropped. After his release, Kelly sued Chat-ham 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 len…

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