Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Firearm related (including ammunition) |
Sentence: |
5 to 7 years |
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Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Nebraska |
County or Region of Crime: |
Custer |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Trent R. Esch |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On February 7, 2015 the Nebraska Supreme Court vacated Esch's conviction of use of a weapon to commit a felony on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove every essential element of his charged crime." |
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Information Source 1: |
"State v. Esch, 290 Neb. 88 (Neb. Sup. Ct., 2-6-2015) (Case no. S-14-471, Vacating conviction on insufficient evidence)" |
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https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/sites/supremecourt.ne.gov/files/sc/opinions/scFeb6S-14-471.pdf |
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"Nebraska man's weapon-use conviction, sentence vacated, By Assocaited Press, Star Herald (Scottsbluff, Neb.), February 6, 2015" |
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http://www.starherald.com/news/regional_statewide/nebraska-man-s-weapon-use-conviction-sentence-vacated/article_492ca40c-9587-53d3-8351-3e7e513944c3.html |
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