Justin Finch

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
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Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Justin Finch was wrongly convicted of possession of a controlled substance -- amphetamine -- weighing less than one gram, in Harris County, Texas. Finch was sentenced to 1 year in prison. A post-conviction analysis of the substance showed that the amphetamine in his possession was a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved substance. Based on the new evidence Finch filed a habeas corpus petition that the trial judge recommended by granted. On September 14, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Finch's petition."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 14, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Finch's petition."
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Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Justin Finch, No. WR-85,548-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 9-14-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess an illegal controlled substance.)"
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Justin Finch

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On September 14, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Finch's petition."

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Male

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"Ex Parte Justin Finch, No. WR-85,548-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 9-14-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess an illegal controlled substance.)"

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