WRIGHT, J.
The issue certified to this court is whether "a compromise between a defendant in a criminal proceeding and the prosecutor foreclose[s] a later malicious prosecution claim against the complaining witness when the complaining witness was not a party to that compromise." The answer to this query is "yes."
This court previously has held that "[t]he elements of the tort of malicious criminal prosecution are (1) malice in instituting or continuing the...
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