Robert E. Doyle

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:	20 years
Years Imprisoned:	2.58
Year Crime:	1991
Year Convicted:	1992
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
County or Region of Crime:	Montgomery
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Robert E. Doyle was wrongly convicted in 1992 of abusing his two young daughters during his previous marriage, based on the testimony of the girls. Robert Doyle was sentenced to two concurrent 10-year prison sentences, for a total of 20 years. He was allowed to remain free on bail pending the outcome of his direct appeal. After his appeal by Alabama's state courts he began serving his sentence in December 1997. His lawyer then learned that the prosecutor had failed to disclose exculpatory statements by the victims. Based on the new evidence of Doyle's innocence, his conviction was overturned in 1999. In January 2000 the Court of Appeals affirmed Bob Doyle's grant of a new trial, and he was released on July 7, 2000 after 2 years and 212 days of incarceration. Doyle filed a claim under Alabama's wrongful conviction compensation statute in January 2002. Doyle died in 2007. In December 2008 he was posthumously awarded awarded $129,000, that was to go to his widow Donna Doyle. In 2010 he was posthumously awarded an additional $100,000."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous testimony by the alleged victims.
Innocence Proved By:	"Doyle's conviction was overturned in 1999 after he discovered a prosecutor withheld evidence from his trial attorney that would have established Doyle's innocence. In January 2000 the Court of Appeals affirmed Doyle's grant of a new trial, and he was released on July 7, 2000 after 2 years and 212 days of incarceration."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$229,000 total. $129,000 (State of Alabama, December 2008) and $100,000 (State of Alabama)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	50
Age When Released:	52
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State to pay for wrongful imprisonment, By Markeshia Ricks, Montgomery Advertiser, December 3, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20081203/NEWS01/812030352
Information Source 2:	"State v. R. D., 805 So.2d 783 (Ala. Crim. Appeal, 2000)"
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Information Source 3:	"Doyle v Dept of Finance, CV-04-1182, Montgomery County, AL Circuit Court (07-12-2008)"
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Information Source 4:	"Alabama Awards Widow $129,000 For Husband’s Wrongful Sexual Assault Convictions, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 42, Winter 2009"
Information Location 4:	http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_42/alabama_jd42.pdf
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Robert E. Doyle

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

20 years

Years Imprisoned:

2.58

Year Crime:

1991

Year Convicted:

1992

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

Montgomery

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous testimony by the alleged victims.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$229,000 total. $129,000 (State of Alabama, December 2008) and $100,000 (State of Alabama)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

50

Age When Released:

52

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State to pay for wrongful imprisonment, By Markeshia Ricks, Montgomery Advertiser, December 3, 2008"

Information Location 1:

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20081203/NEWS01/812030352

Information Source 2:

"State v. R. D., 805 So.2d 783 (Ala. Crim. Appeal, 2000)"

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Information Source 3:

"Doyle v Dept of Finance, CV-04-1182, Montgomery County, AL Circuit Court (07-12-2008)"

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Information Source 4:

"Alabama Awards Widow $129,000 For Husband’s Wrongful Sexual Assault Convictions, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied magazine, Issue 42, Winter 2009"

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http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_42/alabama_jd42.pdf

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