Legal Opinion
Gisondi v. Town of Harrison
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1988PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
In this action to recover damages for false arrest and imprisonment and malicious prosecution, the primary question on the appeal is whether the evidence at trial was sufficient to establish a prima facie case that the police improperly withheld evidence from the courts in applying for an arrest warrant and testifying at a felony hearing, thus forfeiting their right to claim the immunity generally available to those acting in reliance on court orders.
On August 8, 1979 a woman was dragged into a car and raped in the Town of Harrison. She described her…
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