Kenneth Wayne Beal

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Charge:	Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)
Sentence:	7 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.42
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2007
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:	"Kenneth Wayne Beal was wrongly convicted in 2007 of being in possession of cocaine in an amount less than one gram. Beal pled guilty in exchange for a seven month jail sentence. Post-conviction testing of the substance seized from Beal discovered it was not any controlled substance or dangerous drug. Beal filed a habeas petition based on the new evidence he had not committed a crime. On February 25, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal granted Kenneth Beal's habeas petition and set-aside his conviction on the basis of new forensic testing that he was not in possession of a controlled substance."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 25, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal granted Kenneth Beal's habeas petition and set-aside his conviction on the basis of new forensic testing that he was not in possession of a controlled substance."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	23
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Kenneth Wayne Beal, No. WR-82,824-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeal, 2/25/2015) (Granting writ of habeas corpus)"
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Kenneth Wayne Beal

Charge:

Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)

Sentence:

7 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.42

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2007

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:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 25, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal granted Kenneth Beal's habeas petition and set-aside his conviction on the basis of new forensic testing that he was not in possession of a controlled substance."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

23

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Kenneth Wayne Beal, No. WR-82,824-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeal, 2/25/2015) (Granting writ of habeas corpus)"

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