re: warrant issued for St louis gun couple. weapons seized

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Under Missouri law, the elements of a malicious prosecution claim are (1) commencement of an earlier suit against the plaintiff; (2) instigation of that suit by the defendant; (3) termination of the suit in the plaintiff’s favor; (4) lack of probable cause for filing the suit; (5) malice by the defendant in initiating the suit; and (6) damage sustained by the plaintiff as a result of the suit. Copeland v. Wicks, --- S.W.3d ---, 2015 WL 4463776, at *2 (Mo. July 21, 2015) (en banc)

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