Renenger v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 14 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “list[ed] the information provided to her that she believes supports a probable cause finding-at no point [did] she personally attest to the truth of the information provided, but instead indicate[d] that, taken as true, the information constitute[d] probable cause to file the charging document. [The prosecutor] did not offer the probable cause evidence in the motion based on personal knowledge, but based upon information provided to her by others, which she is entitled to do. She did not act as a complaining witness, but instead performed a function which the Kalina Court noted would continue to receive absolute immunity protection-she received, selected, and presented externally-gathered information which she believed provided probable cause to charge the [plaintiffs].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brothers v. Monaco

2. “The process of investigating and passing along evidence to a prosecutor, or county attorney, is a regular function [law enforcement] personnel do as part of their mandate to protect and secure the general public welfare.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brothers v. Monaco

3. “choice to pass along [uncorroborated investigative findings] is exactly the type of discretionary decision to which the public duty doctrine was intended to apply.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brothers v. Monaco