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Jerry Wayne Dukes

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

8 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.33

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Jerry Wayne Dukes was wrongly convicted of possession of cocaine in Houston, Texas. Dukes pled guilty in exchange for an eight month prison sentence. "

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Innocence Proved By:

"On July 29, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Jerry Dukes' habeas corpus writ and set-aside his conviction based on "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that he did not possess any cocaine.""

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

54

Age When Released:

54

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ex parte Jerry Wayne Dukes, No. WR-82,925-01 (Court of Criminal Appeals, 7-29-2015) (Granting habeas corpus petition.)"

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