Araceli Cremata Granda

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Charge:	Customs Violation
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Year Convicted:	1976
Year Cleared:	1978
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Miami-Dade
City of Crime:	Miami
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Araceli Cremata Granda was wrongly convicted of failing to file a Customs reporting form as she entered the United States at Miami on a flight from Panama. On January 9, 1978 the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Granda's conviction and ordered her acquittal on the basis she had no knowledge of a legal requirement to file the report and hence she could have had no intent to violate the law."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous interpretation of the law by the trial judge.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 9, 1978 the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Granda's conviction and ordered her acquittal on the basis she had no knowledge of a legal requirement to file the report and hence she could have had no intent to violate the law."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"U.S. v. Granda, 565 F.2d 922 (5th Cir. 1978)"
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Araceli Cremata Granda

Charge:

Customs Violation

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1976

Year Cleared:

1978

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Miami-Dade

City of Crime:

Miami

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous interpretation of the law by the trial judge.

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 9, 1978 the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Granda's conviction and ordered her acquittal on the basis she had no knowledge of a legal requirement to file the report and hence she could have had no intent to violate the law."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

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"U.S. v. Granda, 565 F.2d 922 (5th Cir. 1978)"

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