The case centres on Samuel Davis, 28, whose conviction for violating Charles Garmon's civil rights stemmed from a July 2023 incident in which prosecutors say he beat the suspect and abandoned him in a field instead of taking him to jail.
The case has been building since Davis was found guilty in March after a federal trial that examined what happened after a shoplifting arrest outside a Walgreens in Northwoods. Prosecutors argued that what followed was not an arrest procedure but a deliberate detour that ended in serious injury.
