Russo v. City of Bridgeport

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2007-02-27

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CALABRESI, Circuit Judge. In a case of mistaken identity, Plaintiff-Appellant Christopher Russo (“Russo”) was arrested and imprisoned for the armed robbery of an Amoco service station and convenience store in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Two hundred and seventeen days after his arrest — and one day after the prosecutor viewed, for the first time, Amoco’s videotape of the crime — the state requested a nolle prosequi, and t…

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