Johnny Clark

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Charge:	Trespassing and Breach of the Peace
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Year Crime:	1960
Year Convicted:	1960
Year Cleared:	1964
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Richland
City of Crime:	Columbia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Charles F. Barr, Richard M. Counts, David Carter, Milton D. Greene and Johnny Clark were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1960 of trespassing and breach of the peace when they continued to peacefully and quietly sit at the lunch counter of the Taylor Street Pharmacy in Columbia, South Carolina waiting to be served after they were asked to leave. They were each sentenced to serve 30 days in jail or pay a fine of $100. Their convictions were affirmed by the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1961. On June 22, 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned their convictions for insufficient evidence they committed a breach of the peace and their criminal trespass convictions were also reversed."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Barr v. City of Columbia, 378 US 146 - Supreme Court 1964"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4922511321448895674&q=Thompson+v.+Louisville,+362+U.S.+199+%281960%29&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"City of Columbia v. Barr, 239 S.C. 395, 123 SE 2d 521 (SC Supreme Ct 1961)"
Information Location 2:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10287391165336617615&q=barr+1963&hl=en&as_sdt=4,41"
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Johnny Clark

Charge:

Trespassing and Breach of the Peace

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1960

Year Convicted:

1960

Year Cleared:

1964

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Richland

City of Crime:

Columbia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Barr v. City of Columbia, 378 US 146 - Supreme Court 1964"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4922511321448895674&q=Thompson+v.+Louisville,+362+U.S.+199+%281960%29&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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"City of Columbia v. Barr, 239 S.C. 395, 123 SE 2d 521 (SC Supreme Ct 1961)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10287391165336617615&q=barr+1963&hl=en&as_sdt=4,41"

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