DENVER (CN) — Two former Kansas City police detectives on Thursday asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court’s denial of qualified immunity for the investigation that led to the wrongful conviction of Olin Coones in 2009.
“It’s the defense’s position that there was probable cause, that it existed at the time of his arrest and never went away,” said attorney David Cooper on behalf of the former Detectives Angela Garrison and William Michael. The Kansas City detectives investigated the deaths of Kathleen and Carl Schroll in 2008.
On April 7, 2008, Kathleen Schroll called her mother around 2 a.m., saying “Pete” was going to kill Carl and cover his tracks. The mother told her son, who called 911, sending detectives to the Kansas City home to find the couple dead…