Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Receiving Stolen Property (Incl. theft by receiving stolen property) |
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Year Crime: |
1996 |
Year Convicted: |
1997 |
Year Cleared: |
1999 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Missouri |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cape Girardeau |
City of Crime: |
Cape Girardeau |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Benjamin Bird was wrongly convicted in 1997 of receiving stolen property in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. " |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On September 7, 1999 Bird's conviction was vacated by the Missouri Court of Appeal based on the prosecution's introduction of insufficient evidence of his guilt." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"State v. Bird, 1 SW 3d 62 (Mo. Ct of Appeals, Eastern Dist., 4th Div., 9-7-1999) (Vacating conviction based on insufficient evidence.)" |
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