Jose Escobar

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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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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	20
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Jose Escobar, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4780
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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:

Conviction Caused By:

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."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

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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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4780

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