Legal Question in DUI Law in Ohio

I was wondering if a person gets arrested for dui they are not guilty of and a jury finds the defendent not guilty does that person have any recourse against the prosecuter ,city,police, etc for loss of job, wages. property, mental distress, etc

thankyou!!


Asked on 12/20/11, 8:26 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Eric Willison Eric Eastman Willison

In Ohio, prosecutors have a great deal of discretion and lattitude with regard to bringing charges. While it is possible to sue them for malicious prosecution, it is very difficult to win such cases unless you have smoking gun type evidence that shows that they were bringing charges that they knew were false out of malice.

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Answered on 12/20/11, 9:06 am


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