Burns v. Reed, 500 U.S. 478 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case.

A prosecutor was absolutely immune from damages based upon positions taken in a probable cause hearing for a search warrant.

The same prosecutor was not held entitled to immunity for giving legal advice to the police about the legality of an investigative practice.

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