Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Driving Recklessly or Dangerously |
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1932 |
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New York |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"Grogan was wrongly convicted of misdemeanor reckless driving in New York. In 1932 the New York Court of Appeals reversed Grogan's conviction and ordered dismissal of the information charging him because he was found guilty of unnecessarily interfering with free and proper use of hte highway, which was a crime he wasn't charged with committing." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In 1932 the New York Court of Appeals reversed Grogan's conviction and ordered dismissal of the information charging him because he was found guilty of committing a crime he wasn't charged with committing. |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v. Grogan, 260 NY 138 (NY Ct. of Appeals, 1932)" |
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