Dontrell Baker

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Pinellas
City of Crime:	St. Petersburg
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Dontrell Baker and Milton Gale were codefendants wrongly convicted on June 13, 1997 of three couns of armed robbery related to the robbery of a Holiday Inn motel on July 26, 1996 in St. Petersburg, Florida. A third defendant, David Shavers, was acquitted by the jury. "
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Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	19
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Dontrell Baker, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4748
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Dontrell Baker

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Pinellas

City of Crime:

St. Petersburg

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Dontrell Baker and Milton Gale were codefendants wrongly convicted on June 13, 1997 of three couns of armed robbery related to the robbery of a Holiday Inn motel on July 26, 1996 in St. Petersburg, Florida. A third defendant, David Shavers, was acquitted by the jury. "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

19

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Dontrell Baker, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4748

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