Lawton v. Cochran

SHAHOOD, Judge.

Appellant, Lawrence Lawton, was arrested for shoplifting. The charge was disposed of promptly, and a fifteen day jail sentence was imposed; however, Lawton continued to be held in jail on an outstanding capias relating to 1984 charges of a DUI/automobile accident and leaving the scene of an accident. He alleges that he was held 607 days before being taken before a magistrate who adjudicated him guilty and sentenced him to 150 days in jail with credit for time served.

Lawton then filed suit against appellee, Ron Cochran, the Sheriff of Broward County, and other defendants not…