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Shui-Yee Shirley Chen

 

Charge:

Customs Violation

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Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

1979

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington - Federal Case

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Shui-Yee Shirley Chen was wrongly convicted of failing to file out a Customs reporting form. In 1979 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Chen's conviction on the basis she had no knowledge of a legal requirement to file the report as required by the statute, and hence she could have had no intent to violate the law."

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Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

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"U.S. v. Chen, 605 F.2d 433 (9th Cir.1979)"

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