Dru Allard

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Charge:	Menacing Second-Degree
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Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Dru Allard was wrongly convicted on June 9, 2010 of menacing in the second degree as a hate crime in Brooklyn, New York that allegedly occurred during his conversation with muslims on September 11, 2006. On May 27, 2015 the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department reversed Allard's conviction on the basis the trial court had no jurisdiction to try Allard because he wasn't brought to trial within 6 months of bieng charged. The appeals court ordered dismissal of Allard's indictment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 27, 2015 the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department reversed Allard's conviction on the basis his right to a speedy trial was violated and the trial court had no jurisdiction to try Allard because he wasn't brought to trial within 6 months of bieng charged."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v Allard, 2015 NY Slip Op 04497, No. 2010-06393 (NY Supreme Ct., Appellate Div., 2nd Dept., 5-27-2015) (Reversing conviction on the prosecution's structural error of failing to bring Allard to trial within 6 months.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2015/2015_04497.htm
Information Source 2:	"Hate crime conviction overturned by appellate court, By Luca Marzorati, capitalnewyork.com, May. 27, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/05/8568882/hate-crime-conviction-overturned-appellate-court
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Dru Allard

Charge:

Menacing Second-Degree

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 27, 2015 the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department reversed Allard's conviction on the basis his right to a speedy trial was violated and the trial court had no jurisdiction to try Allard because he wasn't brought to trial within 6 months of bieng charged."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"People v Allard, 2015 NY Slip Op 04497, No. 2010-06393 (NY Supreme Ct., Appellate Div., 2nd Dept., 5-27-2015) (Reversing conviction on the prosecution's structural error of failing to bring Allard to trial within 6 months.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2015/2015_04497.htm

Information Source 2:

"Hate crime conviction overturned by appellate court, By Luca Marzorati, capitalnewyork.com, May. 27, 2015"

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http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/05/8568882/hate-crime-conviction-overturned-appellate-court

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