Legal Opinion
Rainsberger v. Benner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 15, 2019No. 17-2521PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, Circuit Judge.
William Rainsberger was charged with murdering his elderly mother. But the detective who built the case against him, Charles Benner, may have been dishonest. According to Rainsberger, Benner submitted a probable cause affidavit that was riddled with lies and undercut by the omission of exculpatory evidence. Based on that affidavit, Rainsberger was arrested, charged, and imprisoned for two months. When the prosecutor dismissed the case because of evidentiary problems, Rainsberger sued Benner under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his Fourth Amendment rights. Benner moved…
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