Demoy Brown

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Charge:	Attempted Murder
Sentence:	14 years
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Turks and Caicos Islands
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City of Crime:	Kew Town
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Harry McKenzie, Lavar Walkin and Demoy Brown were codefendants wrongly convicted in June 2011 of the attempted murder in January 2010 of a man in Kew Town, Turks & Caicos Islands. The sole evidence against the men was the testimony of the victim who said he saw them in the van on the night from which the shots came. The three men were sentenced to 14 years each. On May 3, 2012 the Turks & Caicos Islands Court of Appeal quashed the three defendant's convictions on the basis their identification was unreliable due to the victim dodging bullets in the poor light, and ordered their immediate release from prison."
Conviction Caused By:	Unreliable identification at night by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 3, 2012 the Turks & Caicos Islands Court of Appeal quashed the three defendant's convictions on the basis their identification was unreliable due to the victim dodging bullets in the poor light, and ordered their immediate release from prison."
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Information Source 1:	"Court of Appeal overturns attempted murder of three men, Staff writers, Turks & Caicos Sun, May 7, 2012"
Information Location 1:	http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=2520
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Demoy Brown

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

14 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Turks and Caicos Islands

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Kew Town

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Unreliable identification at night by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 3, 2012 the Turks & Caicos Islands Court of Appeal quashed the three defendant's convictions on the basis their identification was unreliable due to the victim dodging bullets in the poor light, and ordered their immediate release from prison."

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Male

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"Court of Appeal overturns attempted murder of three men, Staff writers, Turks & Caicos Sun, May 7, 2012"

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http://www.suntci.com/index.php?p=story&id=2520

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