Edmund M. Autuori

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Charge:	Mail and Wire Fraud
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
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Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1998
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Hartford
City of Crime:	Hartford
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Edmund M. Autuori was wrongly convicted on March 12, 1998 of 16-counts of federal mail and wire fraud related to his job as an accountant for Arthur Andersen that was the accounting firm for Colonial Realty whose bankruptcy became a scandal. After Autuori's conviction and before he was sentenced, U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Bree Burns granted Autuori's motion for a judgment of acquittal. In Judge Burns' 86-page ruling dated August 28, 1998, she wrote that Autuori's convictions were a "manifest injustice" because the prosecution's conflicting and contradictory evidence was insufficient to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It was only the second post-trial motion vacating a conviction that Judge Burns had granted in her 20 years as a federal judge. The US Attorney's Office appealed, and on May 12, 2000 the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Autuori's acquittal of most counts, and granted a retrial on the others. The case was remanded to the district court and the prosecution elected not to retry him."
Conviction Caused By:	Conflicting and contradictory testimony by prosecution witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	"The trial judge granted Autuori's post-trial motion for a judgment of acquittal that the U.S. Attorney's Office appealed. On May 12, 2000 the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Autuori's acquittal of most counts, and granted a retrial on the others. The case was remanded to the district court and the prosecution elected not to retry him."
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Age When Imprisoned:	41
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"U.S. v. Autuori, 212 F.3d 105 (2nd Cir., 2000)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.leagle.com/decision/2000317212F3d105_1306
Information Source 2:	"Colonial Conviction Tossed Out - Jury Overruled In Autuori Case, By Mark Pazniokas (staff writer), Hartford Courant, August 29, 1998"
Information Location 2:	http://articles.courant.com/1998-08-29/news/9808290162_1_arthur-andersen-colonial-realty-jury
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Edmund M. Autuori

Charge:

Mail and Wire Fraud

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1998

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Hartford

City of Crime:

Hartford

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Conflicting and contradictory testimony by prosecution witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

41

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"U.S. v. Autuori, 212 F.3d 105 (2nd Cir., 2000)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.leagle.com/decision/2000317212F3d105_1306

Information Source 2:

"Colonial Conviction Tossed Out - Jury Overruled In Autuori Case, By Mark Pazniokas (staff writer), Hartford Courant, August 29, 1998"

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http://articles.courant.com/1998-08-29/news/9808290162_1_arthur-andersen-colonial-realty-jury

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