Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
180 days |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.25 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
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: |
Cornelia Duncan |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 18, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal set aside Duncan's guilty plea as involuntary, and remanded her case to the trial court. On April 13, 2015 the appeals court issued its mandate to the District Court. On April 29, 2015 a Harris County judge granted a motion by the Harris County DA to dismiss the information against her." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
33 |
Age When Released: |
33 |
Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex Parte Cornelia Duncan, No. WR-81,418-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeal, 3/18/2015) (Granting writ of habeas corpus. Setting aside Duncan's guilty plea as involuntary, and remanding to the trial court.)" |
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http://www.search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=8efd2f03-f7a4-44e0-9d14-b2ed1d5d8918&coa=coscca&DT=OPINION&MediaID=d667af77-15e1-433e-bc00-a952230e1186 |
Information Source 2: |
"Ex Parte Cornelia Duncan, No. WR-81,418-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeal, 4/13/2015) (Mandate to the District Court.)" |
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http://www.search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=ed5a4cde-6ab6-4167-b594-6f49bd2571ea&coa=coscca&DT=MANDATE%20ISSD&MediaID=87f7516d-aec9-491f-ab4b-aec8fcc6b090 |
Information Source 3: |
"Ex Parte Cornelia Duncan, No. WR-81,418-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeal, 4/13/2015) (Case Docket)" |
Information Location 3: |
"http://www.search.txcourts.gov/Case.aspx?cn=WR-81,418-01&coa=coscca" |
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