Leonhard Bauer

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Charge:	Bankrupcy Fraud
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1990
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Lake
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Leonhard Bauer was wrongly convicted in 1997 of committing bankrupcy fraud in 1990. Bauer was sentenced to 1 year in prison. He began serving his sentence in July 1997, and he was released on January 6, 1998, after his conviction was overturned on appeal. On December 22, 1997 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Leonhard Bauer's conviction on the basis the trial judge prejudicially erred in allowing his lawyer to testify about confidential conversations."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 22, 1997 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Leonhard Bauer's conviction on the basis the trial judge prejudicially erred in allowing his lawyer to testify about confidential conversations."
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Age When Imprisoned:	60
Age When Released:	61
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"US v. Bauer, 132 F. 3d 504 (9th Cir. 12-22-1997)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13007450929912013441&q=Leonhard+Bauer&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"Lake Man's Conviction Overturned, By Bob Egelko (AP writer), The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), December 23, 1997, p. B2"
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Leonhard Bauer

Charge:

Bankrupcy Fraud

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1990

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Lake

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 22, 1997 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Leonhard Bauer's conviction on the basis the trial judge prejudicially erred in allowing his lawyer to testify about confidential conversations."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

60

Age When Released:

61

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"US v. Bauer, 132 F. 3d 504 (9th Cir. 12-22-1997)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13007450929912013441&q=Leonhard+Bauer&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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"Lake Man's Conviction Overturned, By Bob Egelko (AP writer), The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), December 23, 1997, p. B2"

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