Latanya Michelle Fergeson

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	7 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.33
Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2008
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:	"Latanya Michelle Fergeson was wrongly convicted in 2008 of possession of less than one gram of cocaine in Houston, Texas. Latanya Fergeson was arrested in 2008 and charged based on a positive presumptive field test that a substance found in her possession was cocaine. Fergeson pled guilty and was sentenced to seven months in jail. After her conviction conclusive laboratory tests of the substance established the substance was not cocaine. Fergeson filed a writ of habeas corpus to vacate her conviction based on the new evidence, which wasn't opposed by the Harris County DA's Office. The trial court agreed Fergeson should be granted relief. On July 1, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Fergeson's writ based on the new laboratory evidence proving she didn't commit her charged crime. The case was remanded to the trial court, where the charge was dismissed."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous presumptive test for the presence of cocaine.
Innocence Proved By:	"On July 1, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Fergeson's writ based on the new laboratory evidence proving she didn't commit her charged crime. The case was remanded to the trial court, where the charge was dismissed."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Latanya Michelle Fergeson, No. WR-81,830-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 7-1-2015) (Granting habeas writ based on new scientific evidence.)"
Information Location 1:	http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2015/wr-81-830-01.html
Information Source 2:	"Houston County suspect, 34, booked, Texas Blotter (Houston, TX), January 4, 2014, "
Information Location 2:	http://www.texasblotter.com/news/texas/suspect-busted-on-unclassified-charges/9845156.html
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Latanya Michelle Fergeson

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

7 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.33

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2008

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:

Erroneous presumptive test for the presence of cocaine.

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 1, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Fergeson's writ based on the new laboratory evidence proving she didn't commit her charged crime. The case was remanded to the trial court, where the charge was dismissed."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Latanya Michelle Fergeson, No. WR-81,830-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 7-1-2015) (Granting habeas writ based on new scientific evidence.)"

Information Location 1:

http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2015/wr-81-830-01.html

Information Source 2:

"Houston County suspect, 34, booked, Texas Blotter (Houston, TX), January 4, 2014, "

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http://www.texasblotter.com/news/texas/suspect-busted-on-unclassified-charges/9845156.html

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