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Robert Stephen Forrey

 

Charge:

Disorderly Conduct

Sentence:

$200 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Adams

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Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Robert Stephen Forrey was wrongly convicted of disorderly conduct for screaming and cursing at two Pennsylvania State Police troopers who stopped him on June 3, 2013 to see why he was stopped on the shoulder of the road. After his conviction following a bench trial of disorderly conduct for making excessive noise, Forrey was sentenced to pay a fine of $200. On January 16, 2015 the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed Forrey's disorderly conduct conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insuffiicent evidence to prove his guilt of all essential elements of disorderly conduct beyond a reasonable doubt, and the court ordered remittance of his $200 fine."

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Innocence Proved By:

"On January 16, 2015 the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed Forrey's disorderly conduct conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insuffiicent evidence to prove his guilt of all essential elements of disorderly conduct beyond a reasonable doubt, and the court ordered remittance of his $200 fine."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Commonwealth v. Forrey, 108 A.3d 895 (Pa. Super. 2015) (Reversing disorderly conduct conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence.)"

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http://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Superior/out/J-A31045-14o%20-%201020783023023938.pdf?cb=1

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