Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Firearm possession (including sale) |
Sentence: |
12 months probation |
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Year Crime: |
2008 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Illinois |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cook |
City of Crime: |
Chicago |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Rashen Akins |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On July 10, 2014 the Illinois Court of Appeals vacated Akins possession of a firearm conviction on the basis the Illinois' statute criminalizing that conduct had been declared unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Aguilar, 2 NE 3d 321, 2013 IL 112116, 377 Ill. Dec. 405 (Ill. Supreme Court, 9-12-2013 )." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v. Rashen Akins, No. 1-09-3418 (Ill. Appellate Court, 1st Dist., 2nd Div., 7-10-2014)" |
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