Legal Opinion
Alex LeFever v. James Ferguson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2014No. 13-3935, 13-4075UnpublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOK, Circuit Judge.
More than twenty years after convicting Virginia LeFever of murdering her husband, an Ohio court granted a new trial upon learning that the chief toxicologist whose forensic testimony implicated Le-Fever pleaded no contest to falsification charges for lying about his academic credentials. Since then, county authorities released LeFever from custody and dismissed the underlying indictment without prejudice. LeFever filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the dissembling toxicologist, James Ferguson, other county officials, and municipal entities, alleging…
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