Donald Chasstion

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Charge:	Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)
Sentence:	30 days
Years Imprisoned:	0.04
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
City of Crime:	Houston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Donald Chasstion was wrongly convicted in 2009 of misdemeanor possession of cocaine in Harris County, Texas. Chasstion pled guilty and was sentenced to thirty days in jail. On July 1, 2015, without opposition by the State, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Chasstion's habeas corpus petition based on "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that he did not possess any cocaine.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 1, 2015, without opposition by the State, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Chasstion's habeas corpus petition based on "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that he did not possess any cocaine.""
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Age When Imprisoned:	50
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Donald Chasstion, No. WR-82,941-01 (Tex. Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 7-1-2015) (Granting habeas petition based on new evidence of actually innocence.)"
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Donald Chasstion

Charge:

Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)

Sentence:

30 days

Years Imprisoned:

0.04

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 1, 2015, without opposition by the State, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Chasstion's habeas corpus petition based on "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that he did not possess any cocaine.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Donald Chasstion, No. WR-82,941-01 (Tex. Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 7-1-2015) (Granting habeas petition based on new evidence of actually innocence.)"

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http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2015/wr-82-941-01.html

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