Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
60 days |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.083 |
Year Crime: |
2008 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
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: |
"Earnest Maurice Bledsoe was wrongly convicted in 2008 of misdemeanor possession a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. Earnest Bledsoe pled guilty and was sentenced to sixty days in the county jail. On July 29, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Earnest Bledsoe's habeas corpus writ and set-aside his conviction based on "laboratory tests revealed that the evidence in this case contained no controlled substance."" |
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"On July 29, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Earnest Bledsoe's habeas corpus writ and set-aside his conviction based on "laboratory tests revealed that the evidence in this case contained no controlled substance."" |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
26 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex parte Earnest Maurice Bledsoe, No. WR-83,513-01 (Court of Criminal Appeals, 7-29-2015) (Granting habeas corpus petition.)" |
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