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Alfredo Gomez

 

Charge:

Firearm related (including ammunition)

Sentence:

1 year 4 months

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Alfredo Gomez was wrongly convicted on November 25, 1997 of being an active gang member in possessio of a gun. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 16 months in prison. On May 4, 2000 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge vacated his conviction because the evidence against him was tainted by allegations of misconduct by Los Angeles police officers implicated in the ongoing Rampart corruption scandal."

Conviction Caused By:

Corrupt LAPD police officers.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 4, 2000 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge vacated his conviction because the evidence against him was tainted by allegations of misconduct by Los Angeles police officers implicated in the ongoing Rampart corruption scandal."

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"6 Convictions Are Voided in Scandal; Rampart: Prosecutions of the men were tainted by alleged police misconduct. Number of felony cases thrown out rises to 73, By Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2000, B.3"

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