Clarence Bailey

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Charge:	Attempted Murder
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Clarence Bailey was wrongly convicted on March 16, 2009 of the second-degree attempted murder of a man in Brooklyn, New Yrok on the night of May 5, 2007. The prosecution's case was based on a single eyewintess who gave a suspect identification of Bailey, in admitting he was focused on the gun displayed and did "not fully" have a good opportunity to view the gunman. After Bailey's conviction by a jury he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Bailey appealed arguing there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. On January 9, 2013 the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reversed Bailey's conviction as being against the weight of the evidence presented at trial and that his acquittal would not have been unreasonable."
Conviction Caused By:	Suspect identification by the prosecution's lone eyewitness.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 9, 2013 the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reversed Bailey's conviction as being against the weight of the evidence presented at trial and that his acquittal would not have been unreasonable. "
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Clarence Bailey, No. D-36979 (Sup. Ct., Appellate Div., 2nd Dept., 1-9-2013)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/ad2/calendar/webcal/decisions/2013/D36979.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Freed man claims cops coerced witnesses in overturned murder conviction, By Selim Algar (Staff writer), New York Post, April 3, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://nypost.com/2014/04/03/freed-man-claims-cops-coerced-witnesses-in-overturned-murder-conviction/
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Clarence Bailey

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Suspect identification by the prosecution's lone eyewitness.

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 9, 2013 the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reversed Bailey's conviction as being against the weight of the evidence presented at trial and that his acquittal would not have been unreasonable. "

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"People v. Clarence Bailey, No. D-36979 (Sup. Ct., Appellate Div., 2nd Dept., 1-9-2013)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/ad2/calendar/webcal/decisions/2013/D36979.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Freed man claims cops coerced witnesses in overturned murder conviction, By Selim Algar (Staff writer), New York Post, April 3, 2014"

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http://nypost.com/2014/04/03/freed-man-claims-cops-coerced-witnesses-in-overturned-murder-conviction/

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