§ 1983, along with state law claims for trespass, battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, negligence, negligent supervision, and assault. As discussed more fully below, claims for false arrest and false imprisonment in Missouri are treated similarly.The jury found Franklin guilty of first degree murder in November 1990, and he was sentenced to life in prison. A man will soon walk out of prison after spending 44 years behind bars for a crime he says he never committed. The case revolves around a defendant, Cid Franklin, who was arrested following a road rage incident that involved a firearm. The main difference between the two is that false arrest requires an arrest, but, false imprisonment only requires unlawful detention. Furthermore, false imprisonment requires that the restraint be wrongful, improper, or without a claim of reasonable justification, authority or privilege. In the U.S. Supreme Court Case, Jones v. The name change petition can be filed in the County Court or Supreme Court of the county where you live. King, 148 F.3d at 1034 ("False imprisonment is a state law tort.