Legal Opinion
Prince George's County v. Longtin
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 25, 2011No. 35, September Term, 2010PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*457ADKINS, J.
In this case, we must decide the extent to which the Local Government Tort Claims Act (the “LGTCA”)1 limits the recovery of a man whose constitutional rights have been violated by a local government and its police force. Respondent Keith Longtin was arrested, interrogated for over 36 hours, and charged with the rape and murder of his wife. He was held in prison for over eight months. During his stay in prison, the Prince George’s County Police Department (the “Department”) obtained exculpatory DNA evidence and evidence of a serial rapist in the area where Longtin’s wife was killed,…
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