William Leigh Brady

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	18 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.75
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Canada
County or Region of Crime:	Nova Scotia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"William Leigh Brady was wrongly convicted on February 4, 2016 of marijuana trafficking in Nova Scotia, Canada. The prosecution of William Brady was based on his association with a man who was found with two suitcases found in the trunk of the man's car that contained marijuana. Although there was no direct link between Brady and the marijuana and he denied knowledge of it, he was charged with four counts of marijuna possession and trafficking. The jury found Brady not guilty of two counts, and the prosecution suggested staying his conviction of possessing marijuna -- of which no evidence had been presented at trial -- which only left Brady's conviction of one count of marijuna trafficking. Brady was sentenced to an 18 month conditional prison sentence. Brady appealed. On May 25, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal set aside Brady's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the jury's guilty verdict was inconsistent with his acquittal of two counts that were based on the same facts."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 25, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal set aside Brady's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the jury's guilty verdict was inconsistent with his acquittal of two counts that were based on the same facts."
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Information Source 1:	"R. v. Brady, 2017 NSCA 41 (Nova Scotia Ct of Appeal, 5-25-2017) (Ordering acquittal based on jury's inconsistent verdict of acquitting him of charges that were based on the same factual evidence.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.ns.ca/Decisions_Of_Courts/documents/2017nsca41.pdf
Information Source 2:	"N.S. court finds inconsistent jury verdicts unreasonable, acquits man of drug offences, By Tom Venetis, www.thelawyersdaily.ca, May 30, 2017"
Information Location 2:	https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/3839/n-s-court-finds-inconsistent-jury-verdicts-unreasonable-acquits-man-of-drug-offences
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William Leigh Brady

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

18 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Canada

County or Region of Crime:

Nova Scotia

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 25, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal set aside Brady's conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis the jury's guilty verdict was inconsistent with his acquittal of two counts that were based on the same facts."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"R. v. Brady, 2017 NSCA 41 (Nova Scotia Ct of Appeal, 5-25-2017) (Ordering acquittal based on jury's inconsistent verdict of acquitting him of charges that were based on the same factual evidence.)"

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http://www.courts.ns.ca/Decisions_Of_Courts/documents/2017nsca41.pdf

Information Source 2:

"N.S. court finds inconsistent jury verdicts unreasonable, acquits man of drug offences, By Tom Venetis, www.thelawyersdaily.ca, May 30, 2017"

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https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/3839/n-s-court-finds-inconsistent-jury-verdicts-unreasonable-acquits-man-of-drug-offences

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