Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
7 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2.2 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
City of Crime: |
Houston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Henry Allen Baltrip was wrongly convicted of possession of codeine in Houston, Texas. Henry Baltrip pled guilty in exchange for a seven year prison sentence. On April 1, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal set aside Henry Baltrip's conviction on the basis of new forensic testing that he was not in possession of codeine." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On April 1, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal set aside Henry Baltrip's conviction on the basis of new forensic testing that he was not in possession of codeine." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
22 |
Age When Released: |
24 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex parte Baltrip, No. WR-83,018-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 4-1-2015) (Granting habeas corpus petition)" |
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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8854007331152748606&hl=en&as_sdt=5,44&sciodt=4,44" |
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