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No liability for officers who arrested Lakewood parolee without probable cause, 10th Circuit says
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed that a parole officer cannot be held liable for arresting a man without probable cause contrary to state law because such conduct does not clearly violate the Fourth Amendment. A lower court judge found that Matthew Stegner, the community parole officer for Jason Alan Cappelli, appeared…
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Colorado Springs officers relied in good faith on unconstitutional warrant, judge finds
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Seven months after a federal appeals court said Colorado Springs police obtained an unconstitutionally-broad warrant to uncover weapons in a suspect’s car, a judge has now upheld the search, concluding that officers were acting in good faith. Perry Wayne Suggs Jr. has filed yet another appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th…
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Federal judge grants immunity to officers in Aurora arrest despite possible constitutional violation
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Although police officers had not demonstrated why they had a right to be in a man’s Aurora home without a warrant and a jury could find a constitutional violation occurred, a federal judge said he had no choice but to give the officers immunity. Law enforcement personnel from Denver and Aurora arrested Marquise Harris outside…
