Diane M. Burlingame

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Charge:	Money Laundering
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
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Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	1994
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson
City of Crime:	Homewood
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Diane M. Burlingame, Forrest E. Waters, Jr. and Marlon Ford Waters were codefendants wrongly convicted of extortion, racketeering & threats in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama. The Waters owned a construction company, and Burlingame was their secretary. Their prosecution was based on the allegation that they illegally obtained $8,000 under an extortion threat made to a subcontractor on a multifamily residential complex called Wildforest being developed by the Waters' company in Homewood, Alabama. After the jury found them guilty, the Waters and Burlingame filed a Federal Rule 29 (Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure) for a directed verdict of acquittal based on the prosecution's failure to present sufficient evidence of their guilt. On April 22, 1994 U.S. District Court Judge William M Acker, Jr. granted the motions for all three defendants, ordered their acquittal and the dismissal of their indictments on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence of their guilt. The government appealed Judge Acker's ruling regarding the Waters. On September 7, 1994 the US Court of Appeals dismissed the governments appeals."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 22, 1994 U.S. District Court Judge William M Acker, Jr. granted the motions for all three defendants, ordered their acquittal and the dismissal of their indictments on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence of their guilt. The government appealed Judge Acker's ruling regarding the Waters. On September 7, 1994 the US Court of Appeals dismissed the governments appeals."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"U.S. v. Waters, et. al, 850 F. Supp. 1550 (N.D.Ala. 1994) "
Information Location 1:	"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2736453222999025463&q=United+States+v.+Waters,+850+F.+Supp.+1550&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"U.S. v. Waters, et. al, No. 2:93-cr-00295-WMA-RRA (N.D.Ala., Southern Div.) (Docket)"
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Diane M. Burlingame

Charge:

Money Laundering

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

1994

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson

City of Crime:

Homewood

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"U.S. v. Waters, et. al, 850 F. Supp. 1550 (N.D.Ala. 1994) "

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2736453222999025463&q=United+States+v.+Waters,+850+F.+Supp.+1550&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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"U.S. v. Waters, et. al, No. 2:93-cr-00295-WMA-RRA (N.D.Ala., Southern Div.) (Docket)"

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