Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Harassment misdemeanor |
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1977 |
Year Cleared: |
1979 |
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New York |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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"James Hall was wrongly convicted of misdemeanor harrassment. On December 13, 1979 the New York Court of Appeals vacated Hall's conviction on the basis the information charging him was jurisdictionally defective because it failed to state facts that constituted a crime under New York State law CPL 100.40, subd 1, par [c]; 100.15, subd 3." |
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"On December 13, 1979 the New York Court of Appeals vacated Hall's conviction on the basis the information charging him was jurisdictionally defective because it failed to state facts that constituted a crime under New York State law CPL 100.40, subd 1, par [c]; 100.15, subd 3." |
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Male |
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"People v. Hall, 48 NY 2d 927 (NY Court of Appeals 1979) (Vacating conviction based on the failure of the accusatory instrument to state facts constituting a crime.)" |
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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5247787631615762077&q=%27The+People+v.+Gavrilov,+2015+NY+Slip+Op+51562+%28U%29+No.+2013-135+K+CR+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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