Michael Barrie

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Charge:	Homicide (criminally negligent)
Sentence:	19 months
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Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oregon
County or Region of Crime:	Jackson
City of Crime:	Medford
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Barrie was wrongly convicted in 2007 of criminally negligent homicide in the death of the 20-year-old woman who a passenger on his motorcycle when he crashed in 2005 in Medford, Oregon. Michael Barrie was convicted after a bench trial, and the judge sentenced to 19 months in prison. Barrie appealed and he was allowed to remain free on bail. On April 15, 2009 the Oregon Court of Appeal overturned Barrie's conviction on the basis that Barrie was denied due process because he was charged with second-degree manslaughter, and the judge did not have the jurisdiction to find him guilty of the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide."
Conviction Caused By:	Judge improperly found him guilty of a lesser charge.
Innocence Proved By:	"On April 15, 2009 the Oregon Court of Appeal overturned Barrie's conviction on the basis that Barrie was denied due process because he was charged with second-degree manslaughter, and the judge did not have the jurisdiction to find him guilty of the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v Barrie, No. A135053 (OR Ct of Appeals, 4-15-2009)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/A135053.htm
Information Source 2:	"Appeals court reverses Oregon man's conviction, KTVZ.com (Bend, OR), April 16, 2009"
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Michael Barrie

Charge:

Homicide (criminally negligent)

Sentence:

19 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oregon

County or Region of Crime:

Jackson

City of Crime:

Medford

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Judge improperly found him guilty of a lesser charge.

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 15, 2009 the Oregon Court of Appeal overturned Barrie's conviction on the basis that Barrie was denied due process because he was charged with second-degree manslaughter, and the judge did not have the jurisdiction to find him guilty of the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide."

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v Barrie, No. A135053 (OR Ct of Appeals, 4-15-2009)"

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http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/A135053.htm

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"Appeals court reverses Oregon man's conviction, KTVZ.com (Bend, OR), April 16, 2009"

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