Autry v. Lawrence

David Newbern, Justice.

This is a malicious prosecution case. The judge directed a verdict and granted a summary judgment to the appellee at the end of the appellant’s case for two reasons. First, he found no evidence to show a lack of probable cause and no evidence showing malice. Secondly, he found that the appellee was a Little Rock city police officer acting in his official capacity when he presented evidence to the prosecutor which resulted in the appellant’s arrest and thus the defendant was immune from this tort action under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 12-2901 (Repl. 1979). Either of these…