Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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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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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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