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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
8 |
Year Crime: |
1998 |
Year Convicted: |
2000 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
Santa Clara |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Roy Lopez Garcia was wrongly convicted in 2000 of a 1998 murder based on the testimony of a jailhouse informant. The conviction of Roy Garcia was overturned on appeal, and on October 31, 2006 he was acquitted after a retrial and released." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Jailhouse informant |
Innocence Proved By: |
Acquitted after a retrial in which the jury was informed about the unreliableness of prosecution's jailhouse informant. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Convicted man acquitted after eight years in custody, By Julie Patel and Fredric N. Tulsky, San Jose Mercury News, November 1, 2006" |
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http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5169385?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com |
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http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5169376?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org