Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Threatening public official |
Sentence: |
5 years suspended upon serving 18 months & 5 years probation |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.5 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
South Carolina |
County or Region of Crime: |
Charleston |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Anthony Bailey was wrongly convicted on September 4, 2014 of threatening the life of a public official in Charleston County, South Carolina on August 28, 2013. After being convicted following a bench trial, Bailey was sentenced to 5 years in prison suspended upon serving 18 months, to be followed by 5 years probation. On April 6, 2016 the South Carolina Court of Appeal reversed Bailey's conviction based on the prosecution introducing insufficient evidence proving every essential element of Bailey's convicted crime. Namely, the State failed to prove that the alleged threat was made against a public official as required by the statute." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On April 6, 2016 the South Carolina Court of Appeal reversed Bailey's conviction based on the prosecution introducing insufficient evidence proving every essential element of Bailey's convicted crime. Namely, the State failed to prove that the alleged threat was made against a public official as required by the statute." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"The State v. Anthony Bailey, No. 2014-001938 (S.C. Ct of Appeal, 4-6-2016) (Reversing conviction based on the prosecution introducing insufficient evidence proving every essential element of Bailey's convicted crime.)" |
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http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/opinions/HTMLFiles/COA/5399.pdf |
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