Wrongly Convicted Database Record

 

Go to Database Search Page

Go to  Database Index Page

Devon Francis

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Devon Francis was wrongly convicted of possession of class a drugs (cocaine) with intent (x3), and being concerned in the production of class a drugs (cocaine). In 2006 Francis submitted an application to the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) for review of his conviction as a miscarriage of justice. Francis's case was referred by the CCRC on 5/05/2009 to the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). On 9/10/2009 the appeals court quashed Devon Francis's convictions."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction quashed by England & Wales Court of Appeal on 9/10/2009.

Defendant Aided By:

"Criminal Case Review Commission (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)"

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Devon Francis, Criminal Case Review Commission referred cases database (last viewed Feb. 1, 2014)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/criminal-cases-review-commission/case-library/7

Information Source 2:

Information Location 2:

Information Source 3:

Information Location 3:

Information Source 4:

Information Location 4:

Information Source 5:

Information Location 5:

Book About Case:

Book Information:

Book About Case (2):

Book Information (2):

Movie About Case:

Comments About Case:

Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org

Hosted on forejustice.org and mirrored on justicedenied.org .