Walter Lamont Colbert

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	90 days
Years Imprisoned:	0.12
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Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Walter Lamont Colbert was wrongly convicted of misdemeanor possession of less than one gram of cocaine in Harris County, Texas. Walter Colbert pled guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Post-conviction testing by the crime lab discovered that the substance in Colbert's possession was not an illegal substance. Based on the new evidence Colbert filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus asserting his guilty plea wasn't voluntary because it was based on incomplete facts. His petition was unopposed by the State, and the district court judge recommended granting his appeal. On March 22, 2017 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Colbert's petition, and set aside the judgment in Cause No.1230281 in the 174th District Court of Harris County."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 22, 2017 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Colbert's petition, and set aside the judgment in Cause No.1230281 in the 174th District Court of Harris County."
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Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Walter Lamont Colbert, No. WR-86,476-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 2-22-2017) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis new forensic evidence he did not possess a controlled substance established his guilty plea was not voluntary.)"
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Walter Lamont Colbert

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

90 days

Years Imprisoned:

0.12

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On March 22, 2017 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Colbert's petition, and set aside the judgment in Cause No.1230281 in the 174th District Court of Harris County."

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Male

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"Ex Parte Walter Lamont Colbert, No. WR-86,476-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 2-22-2017) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis new forensic evidence he did not possess a controlled substance established his guilty plea was not voluntary.)"

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