McDonough v. Smith

Decided June 20, 2019. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-485 · 588 U.S. 109 · Cited 578 times

The statute of limitations for McDonough’s 42 U. S. C. §1983 fabricated-evidence claim against his prosecutor began to run when the criminal proceedings against him terminated in his favor—that is, when he was acquitted at the end of his second trial.

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