Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
1 yrs 3 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.83 |
Year Crime: |
2007 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
City of Crime: |
Houston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Prentice Lester Daigle was wrongly convicted on October 30, 2008 of possession of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. Daigle was sentenced to 15 months in state jail." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
19 |
Age When Released: |
20 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex Parte Prentice Lester Daigle, No. AP-85,417-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 8-24-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess any illegal controlled substance.)" |
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