IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawyer is suing police and prosecutors whom he claims falsely accused him of threatening jurors and witnesses.  Kalona defense attorney Raymond Tinnian filed the lawsuit Monday against Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness, a Lyness assistant and two Coralville police officers.

Tinnian alleges that he was framed by a longtime enemy, and that police and prosecutors were fooled into arresting and charging the wrong man. A judge has already ruled that the state acted recklessly in providing false information about Tinnian in a search warrant application.

Tinnian was acquitted last year on accusations that he left a note threatening to kill a juror who had found him guilty in a misdemeanor disorderly conduct case. He says he spent 16 days in jail for a crime he didn’t commit.