Ed Heimlich

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	4 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.4
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
City of Crime:	Houston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ed Hemlich was wrongly convicted of felony theft in 1993 when Heimlich, a real estate broker, was falsely accused of theft by one of his employees. Sentenced to four years in prison. Hemlich was released on parole after serving five months imprisonment. Hemlich was paid compensation of $660,605.74 by Harris County, Texas (Houston) in October 2005."
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Innocence Proved By:	Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Heimlich's conviction.
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Compensation Awarded:	"$660,605.74 (Harris County, Oct. 2005)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Man Wrongly Convicted of Theft Leaves Prison with 660k - KPRC channel 2 Houston - 10-19-2005
Information Location 1:	http://www.click2houston.com/news/5123832/detail.html
Information Source 2:	"Heimlich v. State, 988 S.W.2d 382 (Tex.App. Dist.14 03/11/1999) "
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Ed Heimlich

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.4

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Heimlich's conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$660,605.74 (Harris County, Oct. 2005)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Man Wrongly Convicted of Theft Leaves Prison with 660k - KPRC channel 2 Houston - 10-19-2005

Information Location 1:

http://www.click2houston.com/news/5123832/detail.html

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"Heimlich v. State, 988 S.W.2d 382 (Tex.App. Dist.14 03/11/1999) "

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