J. W. Gayfield

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Charge:	Firearm possession (including sale)
Sentence:	7 years
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Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Champaign
City of Crime:	Urbana
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"J. W. Gayfield was wrongly convicted on January 11, 2012 in Urbana, Illinois of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, based on a prior felony conviction. Gayfield was sentenced to seven years in prison. He appealed. On August 19, 2013 the Illinois Court of Appeals affirmed Gayfield's conviction and sentence. Gayfield filed a petiton for rehearing on the basis his conviction should be reversed because the AUUW statute he had been convicted of violating was unconstitutional. Gayfield's petition was denied. On October 9, 2013 Gayfield fieled a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court, which it granted on November 6, 2013, ordering the appeals court to vacate its denial of his petition for rehearing. On July 8, 2014 the Illinois Court of Appeals vacated Akins' aggravated unlawful use of a weapon conviction on the basis the Illinois' statute criminalizing that conduct had been declared unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Aguilar, 2 NE 3d 321, 2013 IL 112116, 377 Ill. Dec. 405 (Ill. Supreme Court, 9-12-2013 )."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 8, 2014 the Illinois Court of Appeals vacated Akins' aggravated unlawful use of a weapon conviction on the basis the Illinois' statute criminalizing that conduct had been declared unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court in People v. Aguilar, 2 NE 3d 321, 2013 IL 112116, 377 Ill. Dec. 405 (Ill. Supreme Court, 9-12-2013 )."
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Gayfield, 12 NE 3d 56, 382 Ill. Dec. 56 (Il.Appellate Ct, 4th Dist, 7-8-2014) (Reversing prior ruling affirming conviction, and vacating conviction of violating AUUW statute.)"
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J. W. Gayfield

Charge:

Firearm possession (including sale)

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Champaign

City of Crime:

Urbana

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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"People v. Gayfield, 12 NE 3d 56, 382 Ill. Dec. 56 (Il.Appellate Ct, 4th Dist, 7-8-2014) (Reversing prior ruling affirming conviction, and vacating conviction of violating AUUW statute.)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8814239365254602574&q=People+v.+Aguilar,+2+NE+3d+321,+2013+IL+112116,+377+Ill.+Dec.+405+2013&hl=en&as_sdt=4,14"

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