Andre Bryant

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	9
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Manatee
City of Crime:	Manatee
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Andre Bryant was wrongly convicted in June 2007 of armed robbery for the robbing the wife of a Manatee County sheriff's deputy at gunpoint at a Bradenton, Florida pharmacy on August 3, 2006. Bryant was on probation for a drug conviction at the time of his arrest. His conviction was based on his identification by the victim. Bryant was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His scheduled release date was August 15, 2036. A reinvestigation of Bryant's case spearheaded by the Innocence Project of Florida resulted in the new evidence of the pharmacy's surveillance video of the robber that cast doubt he was Bryant. On September 30, 2015 State Attorney Ed Brodsky announced in a memo that he had concluded Bryant's conviction should be set aside based on his review of new and original evidence in the case. Brodsky wrote, "While I am not making a finding as to Mr. Bryant's innocence, I do believe the re-examination of the original and new evidence in this case leads to a reasonable doubt as to Mr. Bryant's involvement in this robbery.""
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"On September 30, 2015 State Attorney Ed Brodsky announced in a memo that he had concluded Bryant's conviction should be set aside based on his review of new and original evidence in the case. Brodsky wrote, "While I am not making a finding as to Mr. Bryant's innocence, I do believe the re-examination of the original and new evidence in this case leads to a reasonable doubt as to Mr. Bryant's involvement in this robbery.""
Defendant Aided By:	Innocence Project of Florida
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State Attorney Ed Brodsky: Man convicted in Bradenton armed robbery to be released after conviction set aside, Bradenton Herald, September 30, 2015"
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Andre Bryant

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

9

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Manatee

City of Crime:

Manatee

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by the victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Innocence Project of Florida

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"State Attorney Ed Brodsky: Man convicted in Bradenton armed robbery to be released after conviction set aside, Bradenton Herald, September 30, 2015"

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http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article37084254.html

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