Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Firearm related (including ammunition) |
Sentence: |
1 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.33 |
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Year Convicted: |
2006 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
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Judicially Exonerated Released |
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"Colin Conor was wrongly convicted in August 2006 of being a convicted person in possession of a firearm, based on being jailed for three months previously on driving related offenses. Colin Conor's conviction was quashed on February 7, 2007 by Victoria's Court of Appeal, which ordered a judgment of acquittal." |
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"Conviction quashed on February 7, 2007 by Victoria's Court of Appeal, which ordered a judgment of acquittal." |
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Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Freedom extra sweet for man wrongly jailed, by Steve Butcher, The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, AUS), February 26, 2007" |
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/freedom-extra-sweet-for-man-wrongly-jailed/2007/02/25/1172338469263.html |
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