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Jose Escobar

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)

Sentence:

21 days

Years Imprisoned:

0.06

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2015

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:

"Jose Escobar was wrongly convicted on August 25, 2015 of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. After his guilty plea Guevara was sentenced to twenty-one days in jail. Escobar's conviction was vacated and his charge dismissed on September 22, 2015 when a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted based on the new forensic evidence that he wasn't in possession of a controlled substance."

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Innocence Proved By:

"Escobar's conviction was vacated and his charge dismissed on September 22, 2015 when a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted based on the new forensic evidence that he wasn't in possession of a controlled substance."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

20

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Jose Escobar, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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