Albert Gustava Gerhart

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Charge:	Blackmail
Sentence:	"$1,000 fine"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Oklahoma
County or Region of Crime:	Oklahoma
City of Crime:	Oklahoma City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Albert Gerhart was wrongly convicted in 2014 of blackmail and computer crimes allegedly committed in 2013. Gerhart, an Oklahoma City carpenter, was co-founder of the Sooner Tea Party. After his conviction by a jury, the jury recommended a fine of $1,000 for the blackmail count, and no punishment for the computer crimes count. The judge went along with the jury's recommendation and sentenced Gerhart to pay a fine of $1,000. On October 7, 2015 the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals by a 3 to 2 vote reversed Al Gerhart's conviction on the ground his conduct was protected as free speech, and ordered that the trial court dismiss his charges."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 7, 2015 the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Gerhart's conviction on the ground his conduct was protected as free speech, and ordered that the trial court dismiss his charges."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Gerhart v. State, 2015 OK CR 12 (Okla. Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 10-07-2015) (Reversing convictions on protected free speech grounds and ordering dismissal of charges.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=477193
Information Source 2:	"Sooner Tea Party's Al Gerhart has conviction of felony blackmail overturned, By Nolan Clay (The Oklahoman), Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), October 8, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.startribune.com/arkansas-court-tosses-conviction-in-woman-s-meth-case/331447651/
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Albert Gustava Gerhart

Charge:

Blackmail

Sentence:

"$1,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Oklahoma

County or Region of Crime:

Oklahoma

City of Crime:

Oklahoma City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 7, 2015 the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Gerhart's conviction on the ground his conduct was protected as free speech, and ordered that the trial court dismiss his charges."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Gerhart v. State, 2015 OK CR 12 (Okla. Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 10-07-2015) (Reversing convictions on protected free speech grounds and ordering dismissal of charges.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=477193

Information Source 2:

"Sooner Tea Party's Al Gerhart has conviction of felony blackmail overturned, By Nolan Clay (The Oklahoman), Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK), October 8, 2015"

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http://www.startribune.com/arkansas-court-tosses-conviction-in-woman-s-meth-case/331447651/

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