Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Russo
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 19, 2000No. 98-5283UnknownCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
Franklin Wilson was arrested and spent a month in jail for an armed robbery he did not commit. As plaintiff in this civil rights lawsuit arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he claims that his arrest and subsequent incarceration violated his federal and state constitutional rights to be free from arrest and detention without probable cause. The crux of his claim is that the arresting officer, defendant Darrin J. Russo, both lied and omitted material facts during his application for Wilson’s arrest warrant. Russo told the judge that two victims, who each had…
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