Robert DeCarlo

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
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Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Rhode Island
County or Region of Crime:	Providence
City of Crime:	Providence
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Robert DeCarlo was wrongly convicted in August 2011 of assault in Providence, Rhode Island. While DeCarlo was awaiting sentencing his lawyer filed a motion for a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct during the closing arguments, which was granted on November 29, 2011. The prosecutor told juror's about alleged comments by a witness that the witness didn't testify about during the trial. DeCarlo was not retried."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutorial misconduct during the closing arguments.
Innocence Proved By:	"While DeCarlo was awaiting sentencing his lawyer filed a motion for a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct during the closing arguments, which was granted on November 29, 2011. DeCarlo was not retried."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"RI cop guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon, AP Story, Boston Globe, April 22, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/04/22/ri_cop_guilty_of_assault_with_a_dangerous_weapon/
Information Source 2:	"RI cop's assault conviction vacated, By Melissa Sardelli with field reporting by Kathryn Sotnik (staff), WPRI.com, November 30, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://www.wpri.com/news/local/providence/providence-detectives-assault-conviction-vacated
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Robert DeCarlo

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Rhode Island

County or Region of Crime:

Providence

City of Crime:

Providence

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutorial misconduct during the closing arguments.

Innocence Proved By:

"While DeCarlo was awaiting sentencing his lawyer filed a motion for a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct during the closing arguments, which was granted on November 29, 2011. DeCarlo was not retried."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"RI cop guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon, AP Story, Boston Globe, April 22, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/04/22/ri_cop_guilty_of_assault_with_a_dangerous_weapon/

Information Source 2:

"RI cop's assault conviction vacated, By Melissa Sardelli with field reporting by Kathryn Sotnik (staff), WPRI.com, November 30, 2011"

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http://www.wpri.com/news/local/providence/providence-detectives-assault-conviction-vacated

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