Domonte O. Briggs

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Charge:	Homicide (criminally negligent)
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Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Tennessee
County or Region of Crime:	Sullivan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Domonte O. Briggs was wrongly convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a trucker after a crash on Interstate 81 in July 2009. Briggs' tractor trailer hit the other truck. On November 8, 2010, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction and ordered the charges dismissed due to insufficient evidence Domonte O. Briggs committed a crime. The Court ruled the state failed to show that Briggs' actions constituted "a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise," or that "death or injury was likely or foreseeable from his actions.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On November 8, 2010, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction and ordered the charges dismissed due to insufficient evidence Domonte O. Briggs committed a crime"
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Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	28
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Appeals court overturns homicide conviction in Sullivan County crash, By Kacie Breeding (staff), Kingsport Times-News, November 12, 2010"
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Domonte O. Briggs

Charge:

Homicide (criminally negligent)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Tennessee

County or Region of Crime:

Sullivan

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 8, 2010, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction and ordered the charges dismissed due to insufficient evidence Domonte O. Briggs committed a crime"

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

28

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Appeals court overturns homicide conviction in Sullivan County crash, By Kacie Breeding (staff), Kingsport Times-News, November 12, 2010"

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http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9027630

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