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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition |
Sentence: |
10 years |
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Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
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 was wrongly convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Claxton's conviction was based on a prior conviction for possessing a firearm under Illinois AUUW statute that was declared unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Aguilar, 2 NE 3d 321, 2013 IL 112116, 377 Ill. Dec. 405 (Ill. Supreme Court, 9-12-2013 )." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On September 30, 2014 the Illinois Ct. of Appeals vacated Claxton's felon in possession of a firearm conviction because his predicate firearm conviction under Illinois' firearm AUUW statute was also vacated on September 30, 2014, on the basis that under People v. Aguilar that conviction was unconstitutional." |
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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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