Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
3 years probation |
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Year Crime: |
2015 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
City of Crime: |
Houston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Stephanie Guzman was wrongly convicted on March 25, 2015 of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. After her guilty plea Guzman was sentenced to three years probation. Guzman's conviction was vacated and her charge dismissed on April 23, 2015 when a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted based on the new forensic evidence that she wasn't in possession of a controlled substance." |
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"Guzman's conviction was vacated and her charge dismissed on April 23, 2015 when a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was granted based on the new forensic evidence that she wasn't in possession of a controlled substance." |
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Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Hispanic |
Information Source 1: |
"Stephanie Guzman, The National Registry of Exonerations" |
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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4782 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org