Covey Ronnell Andrews

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Charge:	Drug related and firearm charges
Sentence:	7 years 6 months
Years Imprisoned:	6
Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Richmond
City of Crime:	Richmond
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Covey Ronnell Andrews was wrongly convicted of federal drug and firearms charges based on evidence provided by Richmond, Virginia Detective Jason Norton. Ensley was sentenced to 7 years 6 months in federal prison. An investigation into irregularities in search warrant affidavits based on alleged information provided by alleged confidential informants and other suspicious conduct by Det. Norton from 2008 to 2012, discovered that Norton fraudulently obtained the search warrant in Andrews' case upon which his prosecution was based. The investigation discovered that Norton's fraudulent evidence may have beenn relied on to obtain more than 100 convictions. On April 1, 2015 the U.S. Attorney's Office's motion to dismiss the charges was granted by U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson. Andrews was released from federal prison on April 7, 2015. Norton was hired as a recruit on April 5, 2004, and left the department as a police officer on July 1, 2013."
Conviction Caused By:	"Police corruption by Richmond, Virginia Police Department Detective Jason Norton who used fraudulent evidence to obtain the convictions of possibly more than 100 defendants in Virginia state courts, and federal court."
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 1, 2015 the U.S. Attorney's Office's motion to dismiss the charges was granted by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson."
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Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Judge dismisses indictments against three over tainted search warrants, By Frank Green (Staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2, 2015"
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Covey Ronnell Andrews

Charge:

Drug related and firearm charges

Sentence:

7 years 6 months

Years Imprisoned:

6

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Richmond

City of Crime:

Richmond

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"Police corruption by Richmond, Virginia Police Department Detective Jason Norton who used fraudulent evidence to obtain the convictions of possibly more than 100 defendants in Virginia state courts, and federal court."

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 1, 2015 the U.S. Attorney's Office's motion to dismiss the charges was granted by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Judge dismisses indictments against three over tainted search warrants, By Frank Green (Staff writer), Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2, 2015"

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http://www.richmond.com/news/article_c242e03f-de41-59f4-971f-7303f97a4086.html

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