Unknown Bearden

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Charge:	Vehicular Homicide (Incl. Culpable negligence)
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Year Crime:	1941
Year Convicted:	1941
Year Cleared:	1943
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Queens
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Bearden was wrongly convicted of culpable homicide for being the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a fatal car crash. In overturning his conviction in 1943 the New York Court of Appeal ruled the prosecution's circumstantial evidence didn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt Bearden was guilty of every essential element, and stated: "Consequently, the standard of proof in criminal cases resting on circumstantial evidence-proof excluding to a "moral certainty" every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt-has not been met, and this defect raises a question of law reviewable in this court.""
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Bearden, 290 NY 478 (NY Ct of Appeals, 1943)"
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Unknown Bearden

Charge:

Vehicular Homicide (Incl. Culpable negligence)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1941

Year Convicted:

1941

Year Cleared:

1943

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Queens

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"People v. Bearden, 290 NY 478 (NY Ct of Appeals, 1943)"

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https://casetext.com/case/people-v-bearden-3

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