Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Firearm possession (including sale) |
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Year Crime: |
2011 |
Year Convicted: |
2011 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Illinois |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cook |
City of Crime: |
Chicago |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Nicholas Claxton |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On September 30, 2014 the Illinois Ct. of Appeals vacated Claxton's firearm convictions under Illinois' AUUW statute on the basis that under People v. Aguilar those convictions were unconstitutional." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v. Claxton, 2014 IL App (1st) 132681" |
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http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2014/1stDistrict/1132681.pdf |
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