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Benjamin Bird

 

Charge:

Receiving Stolen Property (Incl. theft by receiving stolen property)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

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. "

Conviction Caused By:

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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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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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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