Norma Jean Croy

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Charge:	Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder)
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	19
Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1979
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Siskiyou
City of Crime:	Yreka
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Norma Jean Croy and her brother Patrick Croy were codefendants convicted in 1979 of murder, conspiracy, and assault related to a murder committed in Siskiyou County, California in 1978. Norma Croy was sentenced to life in prison and Patrick Croy was sentenced to death. Patrick Croy's murder conviction was overturned on direct appeal by the California Supreme Court in 1985, and he was acquitted of murder after a retrial in May 1990. Patrick's 1990 convictions for conspiracy and assault remained, and he was resentenced to ten years probation and released after 12 years in custody. He was arrested in 1997 for probation violations and resentenced to an indeterminate sentence of life in prison for his 1979 conspiracy and assault convictions. In 2005 a federal judge granted Patrick's habeas petition based on ineffective assistance of his trial counsel for his 1979 conspiracy and assault convictions. The Siskiyou County prosecutor's motion to dismiss Patrick's charges was granted and he was released on March 20, 2005. Norma Croy's conviction was overturned in 1996 when the federal court granted her habeas corpus petition that had been denied in state court, and she was released on February 7, 1997, after the prosecution declined to retry her and the charges were dismissed."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Patrick Croy's conviction was reversed in 1985 and he was acquitted after a retrial in 1989. Norma's conviction was overturned in 1996 and she was released on February 7, 1997 after the prosecution declined to retry her and the charges were dismissed."
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Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	42
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Native American (Indian)
Information Source 1:	"Native woman released 19 years after frame-up, By Luis Talamantez and Gloria La Riva, Workers World Service, 1997"
Information Location 1:	http://www.workers.org/ww/1997/croy.html
Information Source 2:	"People v. Croy (1985), 41 Cal. 3d 1, 221 Cal. Rptr. 592, 710 P.2d 392"
Information Location 2:	http://law.justia.com/cases/california/cal3d/41/1.html
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Norma Jean Croy

Charge:

Murder (Conspiracy to commit murder)

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

19

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1979

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Siskiyou

City of Crime:

Yreka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Patrick Croy's conviction was reversed in 1985 and he was acquitted after a retrial in 1989. Norma's conviction was overturned in 1996 and she was released on February 7, 1997 after the prosecution declined to retry her and the charges were dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

42

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Native American (Indian)

Information Source 1:

"Native woman released 19 years after frame-up, By Luis Talamantez and Gloria La Riva, Workers World Service, 1997"

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http://www.workers.org/ww/1997/croy.html

Information Source 2:

"People v. Croy (1985), 41 Cal. 3d 1, 221 Cal. Rptr. 592, 710 P.2d 392"

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http://law.justia.com/cases/california/cal3d/41/1.html

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