Arthur Cleveland

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	25 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	4.5
Year Crime:	1971
Year Convicted:	1973
Year Cleared:	1975
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Bronx
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Larry Boone and Arthur Cleveland were codefendants wrongly convicted on December 6, 1973 of a murder committed in Bronx County, New York. Both defendants were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. On July 15, 1975 the New York Court of Appeal reversed Boone's conviction and ordered his retrial based on the prosecution's failure to disclose that two eyewitnesses provided police statements that the victim came out of the establishment outside of where his body was found, which contradicted the prosecutions argument at trial he came from the establishment where Boone and Cleveland were. Boone was released in 1975 and the charges dismissed. On September 16, 1975 the appeals court relied on Boone's case to overturn Cleveland's conviction. However, Cleveland wasn't released until 1977 when his charges were dismissed. In 1991 Cleveland was awarded compensation of $57,011.85 by the New York State Court of Claims. Boone died on March 16, 1991, and in 1992 Boone's estate was awarded compensation of $45,000 by the New York State Court of Claims."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutor misconduct of concealing exculpatory witness statements.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$57,011.85 (State of New York, 1991)"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Cleveland, 49 AD 2d 718, 374 NYS 2d 291 (NY Appellate Div., 1st Dept., 1975)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17011195112713423715&q=larry+boone+1975&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33"
Information Source 2:	"Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases, By Scott Christianson, NYU Press, 2006, pg. 170"
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Information Source 3:	"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807"
Information Location 3:	http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions
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Arthur Cleveland

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

4.5

Year Crime:

1971

Year Convicted:

1973

Year Cleared:

1975

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Bronx

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutor misconduct of concealing exculpatory witness statements.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$57,011.85 (State of New York, 1991)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"People v. Cleveland, 49 AD 2d 718, 374 NYS 2d 291 (NY Appellate Div., 1st Dept., 1975)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17011195112713423715&q=larry+boone+1975&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33"

Information Source 2:

"Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases, By Scott Christianson, NYU Press, 2006, pg. 170"

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Information Source 3:

"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807"

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http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

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