Rich v. Baldwin

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Mervin L. Rich, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Crawford County that dismissed with prejudice his second amended complaint alleging malicious prosecution. In dismissing the complaint, the court found as a matter of law that there had been “no final factual determination in favor of the plaintiff” in the criminal case referred to in the plaintiff’s complaint in that the criminal proceeding against the plaintiff had been dismissed pursuant to the plaintiff’s motion alleging violation of his right to speedy…