The judge who dismissed the Fraternal Order of Police’s lawsuit against the Philadelphia District Attorney over his office’s so-called “do not call” list of unreliable police-officer witnesses said she dismissed the case because the due process clause of the 14th Amendment and the duty of prosecutors to turn over any exculpatory evidence trumped any of the FOP’s claims.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Paula Patrick recently issued her opinion in Fraternal Order of Police v. City of Philadelphia, detailing the reasoning for a decision she made in August to dismiss the FOP’s lawsuit against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. The opinion, which was filed with the court Nov. 18, asks the state Superior Court to affirm her decision to grant the defendants preliminary objections in the case.
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