UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV1730
Malicious Prosecution.
[Name of plaintiff] claims [name of defendant] harmed [him] through a malicious prosecution. To succeed on this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove the following four elements:
(1) [name of defendant] began or continued criminal proceedings against [name of plaintiff]; and
(2) [name of defendant] did not have probable cause to begin or continue criminal proceedings; and
(3) [name of defendant]'s primary motivation was something other than bringing a criminal to justice; and
(4) The criminal proceedings against [name of plaintiff] ended in [name of plaintiff]'s innocence.
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
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