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Roger Dean Engel

 

Charge:

Burglary (including aggravated)

Sentence:

2 months

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

King

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Roger Dean Engel was wrongly convicted of felony burglary in the second degree for allegedly stealing aluminum auto wheels. Engel was sentenced to two months incarceration. On July 9, 2009 the Washington Supreme Court unanimously overturned Engel's conviction based on insufficiency of the evidence and remanded it to the trial court for dismissal."

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Innocence Proved By:

"On July 9, 2009 the Washington Supreme Court unanimously overturned Engel's conviction based on insufficiency of the evidence and remanded it to the trial court for dismissal."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"State v. Engel, No. 81072-9 (WA Ct of Appeal, 07-09-2009)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/index.cfm?fa=opinions.showOpinion&filename=810729MAJ

Information Source 2:

"Wash. court: Partial fence not enough for burglary, By Curt Woodward (AP writer), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 9, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_scow_no_fence_burglar.html?source=mypi

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