Thomas A. Cenzi

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	20 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1980
Year Cleared:	1983
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Monroe
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Thomas A. Cenzi was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in Monroe County, New York on February 27, 1980. After his conviction by a jury he was sentenced to twenty years to life in prison. Cenzi appealed, arguing the trial judge improperly permitted the jury to consider an uncounseled statement taken after Cenzi's retained counsel had instructed the police not to question him. On October 30, 1981 the New York Appellate Division agreed with Cenzi, and ordered a new trial. Cenzi was retried and acquitted by a jury on April 11, 1983."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge improperly permitted the jury to consider an uncounseled statement taken after Cenzi's retained counsel had instructed the police not to question him.
Innocence Proved By:	"Cenzi was retried and acquitted by a jury on April 11, 1983."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Cenzi, 84 AD 2d 674, 446 NYS 2d 624 (NY Appellate Div., 4th Dept., 1981)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10818436208567319381&q=Thomas+A.+Cenzi&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33"
Information Source 2:	"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807"
Information Location 2:	http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions
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Thomas A. Cenzi

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

20 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1980

Year Cleared:

1983

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Monroe

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge improperly permitted the jury to consider an uncounseled statement taken after Cenzi's retained counsel had instructed the police not to question him.

Innocence Proved By:

"Cenzi was retried and acquitted by a jury on April 11, 1983."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"People v. Cenzi, 84 AD 2d 674, 446 NYS 2d 624 (NY Appellate Div., 4th Dept., 1981)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10818436208567319381&q=Thomas+A.+Cenzi&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33"

Information Source 2:

"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807"

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http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

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