Longino Acero

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Charge:	Failure to report or register as a sex offender
Sentence:	2 years 8 months
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Santa Clara
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Longino Acero was wrongly convicted three times from 1994 to 2004 of failing to register as a sex offender in Santa Clara County, when he had been convicted in 1978 of a misdemeanor lewd conduct charge that didn't require registration. He served more than a year in custody for those three convictions based on his guilty pleas. In 2005 Acero received a letter from the police department that his 1978 misdemeanor conviction had been incorrectly recorded and he wasn't required to register as a sex offender. Acero hired a lawyer who filed a petition to overturn his three separate convictions. On March 22, 2006 Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Diane Northway granted Acero's petition, his guilty pleas were withdrawn, she found that he was factually innocent, and the charges were dismissed. The State of California denied Acero's compensation claim."
Conviction Caused By:	Guilty pleas three separate times to charges of failing to register as a sex offender when he had no requirement to do so.
Innocence Proved By:	"Acero hired a lawyer who filed a petition to overturn his three separate convictions. On March 22, 2006 Acero's petition was granted, his guilty pleas were withdrawn, and the charges were dismissed."
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Compensation Awarded:	Denied by State of California.
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Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Error left man with label of 'molester': Mistake Took Decades To Fix, By Fredric N. Tulsky and Sean Webby (Staff reporters) San Jose Mercury News, April 9, 2006"
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Longino Acero

Charge:

Failure to report or register as a sex offender

Sentence:

2 years 8 months

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Santa Clara

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Guilty pleas three separate times to charges of failing to register as a sex offender when he had no requirement to do so.

Innocence Proved By:

"Acero hired a lawyer who filed a petition to overturn his three separate convictions. On March 22, 2006 Acero's petition was granted, his guilty pleas were withdrawn, and the charges were dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Denied by State of California.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Error left man with label of 'molester': Mistake Took Decades To Fix, By Fredric N. Tulsky and Sean Webby (Staff reporters) San Jose Mercury News, April 9, 2006"

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