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Tommy Lee Emerson

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)

Sentence:

30 days

Years Imprisoned:

0.04

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Tommy Lee Emerson was wrongly convicted on January 7, 2009 of possession of a controlled substance. Tommy Emerson was sentenced to 30 days in jail. On January 13, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Tommy Emerson's habeas corpus petition based on new laboratory evidence she didn't possess a controlled substance."

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Innocence Proved By:

"On January 13, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Tommy Emerson's habeas corpus petition based on new laboratory evidence she didn't possess a controlled substance."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

49

Age When Released:

49

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Tommy Lee Emerson, No. WR-34,612-02 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 1-13-2016)"

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