Peter Ross Elliott

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	2 years probation & $200 fine
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Year Convicted:	1968
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Oakland
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Peter Ross Elliott was convicted in 1968 of use of a controlled substance and other charges in Oakland County, Michigan. Elliott was sentenced to 2 years probation and payment of a $200 fine. Peter Ross Elliott was pardoned by Michigan's governor on October 26, 2010. An executive pardon in Michigan erases a conviction and restores the pardoned person's presumption of innocence the same as a court order vacating a conviction. The Michigan Court of Appeal stated in People v. Van Heck, 252 Mich. App. 207, 651 NW 2d 174 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 9-24-2002): "As our Supreme Court has observed, such an act of clemency "`reaches both the punishment prescribed for the offense and the guilt of the offender. It releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had never committed the offense.'" People v. Stickle, 156 Mich. 557, 564, 121 N.W. 497 (1909), quoting People, ex rel. Forsyth v. Court of Sessions of Monroe County, 141 N.Y. 288, 294-295, 36 N.E. 386 (1894)."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Peter Ross Elliott was pardoned by Michigan's governor on October 26, 2010. An executive pardon in Michigan erases a conviction and restores the pardoned person's presumption of innocence the same as a court order vacating a conviction. The Michigan Court of Appeal stated in People v. Van Heck, 252 Mich. App. 207, 651 NW 2d 174 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 9-24-2002): "As our Supreme Court has observed, such an act of clemency "`reaches both the punishment prescribed for the offense and the guilt of the offender. It releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had never committed the offense.'" People v. Stickle, 156 Mich. 557, 564, 121 N.W. 497 (1909), quoting People, ex rel. Forsyth v. Court of Sessions of Monroe County, 141 N.Y. 288, 294-295, 36 N.E. 386 (1894)."
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Information Source 1:	"Pardons Approved By Governor, 1/1/1969 to 4/30/2015, Mich. Dept. of Corr., Office of the Parole and Commutation Board (List of 69 pardoned individuals sent to Hans Sherrer on 4/30/2015)"
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Peter Ross Elliott

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

2 years probation & $200 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1968

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Oakland

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

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Innocence Proved By:

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Male

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"Pardons Approved By Governor, 1/1/1969 to 4/30/2015, Mich. Dept. of Corr., Office of the Parole and Commutation Board (List of 69 pardoned individuals sent to Hans Sherrer on 4/30/2015)"

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