Legal Opinion
Jermaine Sutton v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2012No. 11-6449PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Jermaine Sutton was detained and arrested on a misdemeanor theft charge after Officer Richard Martin was called to a Kroger grocery store following an alleged shoplifting. Officer Martin took possession of a cell phone allegedly dropped by the perpetrator. Based on a conversation with a person listed in the phone’s “contacts” list, he went to Summit Medical Center where Sutton worked. The confrontation between the two resulted in Sutton’s arrest for shoplifting.
A jury acquitted Sutton at trial. Sutton subsequently sued Officer Martin and the Nashville…
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