Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder and Burglary |
Sentence: |
10 years in prison minimum |
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Year Crime: |
1973 |
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Year Cleared: |
1975 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
San Bernardino |
City of Crime: |
Upland |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Frank John Antick was wrongly convicted of murder, burglary, grand theft and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer related to the burglary of a home in Upland, California on September 28, 1973. The California Supreme Court unanimously vacated his convictions on August 26, 1975, ruling that there was no legal theory under which his murder conviction could be upheld. " |
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"The California Supreme Court unanimously vacated his convictions on August 26, 1975, ruling that there was no legal theory under which his murder conviction could be upheld." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v. Antick, 539 P. 2d 43 (Cal, Supreme Court 1975)" |
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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13390650694131563029&q=frank+antick+murder&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48" |
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"Unusual Conviction Overturned, Staff writers, Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), August 28, 1975, p. 1" |
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