Anthony Costanzo

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Charge:	Evidence Destruction or Tampering
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Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Broward
City of Crime:	Fort Lauderdale
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Anthony Costanzo was wrongly convicted of evidence tampering for sending a video to the lawyer of a defendant in a case in 2012. At the time Costanzo was a detective at the Broward Sheriff’s Office, and after emailing a video of a police officer's statement in a criminal case that he recorded on his phone to the general counsel for the Police Benevolent Association, he deleted the video from his phone. After the prosecution presented its case the trial judge denied a motion by Costanzo's lawyer for a judgement of acquittal based on insufficient evidence of his guilt. Costanzo was convicted by a jury. On December 3, 2014 Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed Costanzo's conviction on the basis he never tried to tamper or destroy evidence. The Court noted that he did the opposite in stating, "As we know from videos that have gone viral, texting or e-mailing a video is the antithesis of trying to destroy it." On February 9, 2015 a Broward County judge dismissed the charge against Anthony Costanzo."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 3, 2014 Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed Costanzo's conviction on the basis he never tried to tamper with evidence. On February 9, 2015 a Broward County judge dismissed the charge against Anthony Costanzo."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Anthony Costanzo v. State of Florida, No. 4D13-3344 (Fl Dist. Ct. of Appeals, Fourth Dist., 12-3-2014] (Reversing conviction on basis of insufficient evidence and remanding for entry of judgment of acquittal.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.4dca.org/opinions/Dec%202014/12-03-14/4D13-3344.op.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Judge dismisses charges against Anthony Costanzo, By Jenise Fernandez (Reporter), Local10.com ( WPLG-tv, Miami, FL), February 9, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://m.local10.com/news/judge-dismisses-charges-against-anthony-costanzo/31174750
Information Source 3:	"Broward detective wins appeal in evidence tampering case, By Emily Miller (reporter), Sun Sentinel, December 3, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-sheriffs-detective-wins-appeal-20141203-story.html
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Anthony Costanzo

Charge:

Evidence Destruction or Tampering

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Broward

City of Crime:

Fort Lauderdale

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 3, 2014 Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed Costanzo's conviction on the basis he never tried to tamper with evidence. On February 9, 2015 a Broward County judge dismissed the charge against Anthony Costanzo."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Anthony Costanzo v. State of Florida, No. 4D13-3344 (Fl Dist. Ct. of Appeals, Fourth Dist., 12-3-2014] (Reversing conviction on basis of insufficient evidence and remanding for entry of judgment of acquittal.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.4dca.org/opinions/Dec%202014/12-03-14/4D13-3344.op.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Judge dismisses charges against Anthony Costanzo, By Jenise Fernandez (Reporter), Local10.com ( WPLG-tv, Miami, FL), February 9, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://m.local10.com/news/judge-dismisses-charges-against-anthony-costanzo/31174750

Information Source 3:

"Broward detective wins appeal in evidence tampering case, By Emily Miller (reporter), Sun Sentinel, December 3, 2014"

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-sheriffs-detective-wins-appeal-20141203-story.html

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