Kuldeep Chatha

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	180 days suspended and 3 years probation
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	McLean
City of Crime:	Lexington
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kuldeep Chatha was wrongly convicted in March 2013 after a bench trial of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver on February 23, 2012 at a BP Amoco gas station and convenience store Chatha owned near Lexington, Illinois. Specifically, the State alleged Chatha "knowingly" possessed with the intent to deliver more than [50] grams of "Bulldog Potpourri," a substance containing AM-2201, which a government informant bought for $27.44 from a clerk employed by Chatha. Chatha was sentenced in July 2013 to 180 days in custody suspended on condition of successfully completing 3 years of probation. Chatha appealed on the basis he believed "Bulldog Potpourri" was a legal incense and so he did not "knowingly" sell an illegal substance. Chatha's clerk Dinesh Patel who sold the "Bulldog Potpourri" was also convicted of the same charge, and on September 11, 2013 the Illinois Court of Appeals reversed his conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence he knowingly sold a controlled substance. (See, People v. Dinesh Patel, 996 NE 2d 1114 (Ill. Appellate Court, 4th Dist. 9-11-2013). On May 29, 2015 the Illinois Court of Appeals, Div. 4 reversed Chatha's conviction on the basis of insuffiicent evidence he "knowingly" violated the law. So both Chatha and his clerk Patel were exonerated."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 29, 2015 the Illinois Court of Appeals, Div. 4 reversed Chatha's conviction on the basis of insuffiicent evidence he "knowingly" violated the law."
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Kuldeep Chatha, 2015 IL App (4th)130652 (Ill. Ct. of Appeals, Div. IV, 5-29-2015) (Vacating conviction on insufficient evidence)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2015/4thDistrict/4130652.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Conviction overturned in synthetic-marijuana case, By Edith Brady-Lunny, pantagraph.com, June 02, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/conviction-overturned-in-synthetic-marijuana-case/article_a38f1caf-0fbd-50ec-8db7-05b2af55a345.html
Information Source 3:	"People v. Patel, 996 NE 2d 1114 (Ill. Appellate Court, 4th Dist. 9-11-2013) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence)"
Information Location 3:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14959492201543617227&q=Patel,+2013+IL+App+%284th%29+121111,+%C2%B6+1,+996+N.E.2d+1114&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
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Kuldeep Chatha

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

180 days suspended and 3 years probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

McLean

City of Crime:

Lexington

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 29, 2015 the Illinois Court of Appeals, Div. 4 reversed Chatha's conviction on the basis of insuffiicent evidence he "knowingly" violated the law."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"People v. Kuldeep Chatha, 2015 IL App (4th)130652 (Ill. Ct. of Appeals, Div. IV, 5-29-2015) (Vacating conviction on insufficient evidence)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2015/4thDistrict/4130652.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Conviction overturned in synthetic-marijuana case, By Edith Brady-Lunny, pantagraph.com, June 02, 2015"

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http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/conviction-overturned-in-synthetic-marijuana-case/article_a38f1caf-0fbd-50ec-8db7-05b2af55a345.html

Information Source 3:

"People v. Patel, 996 NE 2d 1114 (Ill. Appellate Court, 4th Dist. 9-11-2013) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14959492201543617227&q=Patel,+2013+IL+App+%284th%29+121111,+%C2%B6+1,+996+N.E.2d+1114&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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