Based on Criminal Action:

“[T]he elements required to establish malicious prosecution, . . . are

1. that the defendant commenced or continued a criminal proceeding against the plaintiff;
2. that the prosecution terminated in plaintiff’s favor;
3. the absence of probable cause; and
4. actual malice.”

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