Robert Peter Aguilar

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Charge:	False Statement to law enforcement agent or on govt. document
Sentence:	"6 months in prison, 1,000 hrs community service and $2,000 fine"
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Year Crime:	1989
Year Convicted:	1990
Year Cleared:	1995
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	San Francisco
City of Crime:	San Francisco
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"U.S. District Court Judge Robert Peter Aguilar was wrongly convicted in 1990 of making false statements to FBI agents regarding potential grand jury witnesses in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1503. Aguilar was sentenced to 6 months in prison, 1,000 hours community service and payment of a $2,000 fine. Aguilar was allowed to remain free pendng the outcome of his appeal. On April 20, 1994 the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Aguilar's conviction on the basis his conduct didn't violate the federal law he was charged with violating. The Ninth Circuit's ruling was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1995 in U.S. v. Aguilar, 515 U.S. 593."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Robert P. Aguilar's conviction for violating 18 U. S. C. § 1503 was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1995 in U.S. v. Aguilar, 515 U.S. 593."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"United States v. Aguilar, 515 US 593 (1995)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12488096263660688049&q=%22Robert+P.+Aguilar%22&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"
Information Source 2:	"Conviction of U.S. Judge Is Overturned: Appeals Court Rules in Wiretapping Case, AP story, The New York Times, April 20, 1994, p. B12"
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Information Source 3:	"U.S. JUDGE IS TRIED ON INFLUENCE USE, By KATHERINE BISHOP (Special to The New York Times), The New York Times, February 11, 1990"
Information Location 3:	http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/us/us-judge-is-tried-on-influence-use.html
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Robert Peter Aguilar

Charge:

False Statement to law enforcement agent or on govt. document

Sentence:

"6 months in prison, 1,000 hrs community service and $2,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1989

Year Convicted:

1990

Year Cleared:

1995

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

San Francisco

City of Crime:

San Francisco

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Robert P. Aguilar's conviction for violating 18 U. S. C. § 1503 was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1995 in U.S. v. Aguilar, 515 U.S. 593."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"United States v. Aguilar, 515 US 593 (1995)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12488096263660688049&q=%22Robert+P.+Aguilar%22&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"

Information Source 2:

"Conviction of U.S. Judge Is Overturned: Appeals Court Rules in Wiretapping Case, AP story, The New York Times, April 20, 1994, p. B12"

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Information Source 3:

"U.S. JUDGE IS TRIED ON INFLUENCE USE, By KATHERINE BISHOP (Special to The New York Times), The New York Times, February 11, 1990"

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http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/us/us-judge-is-tried-on-influence-use.html

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