Ronald Arowcavage

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.67
Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Kansas
County or Region of Crime:	Geary
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ronald Arowcavage was wrongly convicted in 2015 of one count of criminal transportation of drug proceeds. Arowcavage's prosecution was based on his arrest on Interstate 70 in Geary County, Kansas, after an officer found $266,268 in cash within vacuum-sealed packages and a duffle bag. The cash had a strong odor of marijuana. Arowcavage told the officer he was driving from Pennsylvania back to his home in Sonoma County, California. Arowcavage pled guilty and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Arowcavage appealed. On November 10, 2016 the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed Arowcavage's conviction on the basis the prosecution's complaint alleged he was transporting the proceeds of illegal drug activity in Kansas, and the prosecution failed to introduce any evidence that he committed any drug crime in Kansas."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 10, 2016 the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed Ronald Arowcavage's conviction on the basis the prosecution's complaint alleged he was transporting the proceeds of illegal drug activity in Kansas, and the prosecution failed to introduce any evidence that he committed any drug crime in Kansas."
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Age When Imprisoned:	56
Age When Released:	57
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Ronald Arowcavage, No. 115405 (Kan. Ct. of Appeals, 11-10-2016) Unpublished opinon (Reversed based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence that Arowcavage committed a drug crime in Kansas.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/Opinions/Unpublished/Ctapp/2016/20161110/115405.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Convicted I-70 drug transporter freed by prosecutor’s absence of eight words, By Justin Wingerter, The Topeka Capital-Journal, November 16, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-16/convicted-i-70-drug-transporter-freed-prosecutor-s-absence-eight-words
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Ronald Arowcavage

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.67

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Kansas

County or Region of Crime:

Geary

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

56

Age When Released:

57

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Ronald Arowcavage, No. 115405 (Kan. Ct. of Appeals, 11-10-2016) Unpublished opinon (Reversed based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence that Arowcavage committed a drug crime in Kansas.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/Opinions/Unpublished/Ctapp/2016/20161110/115405.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Convicted I-70 drug transporter freed by prosecutor’s absence of eight words, By Justin Wingerter, The Topeka Capital-Journal, November 16, 2016"

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http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-16/convicted-i-70-drug-transporter-freed-prosecutor-s-absence-eight-words

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