Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Child Abuse |
Sentence: |
Probation |
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Year Crime: |
2001 |
Year Convicted: |
2001 |
Year Cleared: |
2003 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Arizona |
County or Region of Crime: |
Maricopa |
City of Crime: |
Phoenix |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Alison Hicks was wrongly convicted in 2001 of felony child abuse in Phoenix, Arizona for leaving her child alone for 2-1/2 minutes in her car. She pled guilty on the advice of her lawyer and was sentenced to probation. After her conviction she was jailed several times for minor probation violations. Hicks' conviction was overturned on September 12, 2003 by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Ronald Reinstein who ordered expungement of her conviction." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Her conviction was overturned on September 12, 2003 by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Ronald Reinstein who ordered expungement of her conviction." |
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Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Thank You WWN, For Ending My Prison Nightmare, By Michael Forsyth (correspondent), World Weekly News, December 30, 2003, pg 5" |
Information Location 1: |
http://books.google.com/books?id=MfMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=alison+hicks+judge+ronald+reinstein&source=bl&ots=iWdDsnGcCs&sig=n5QmK7bCf2UBtlVSKD2zDq_2tC4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_JLvTruvD6nfiAKrsNnMBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=alison%20hicks%20judge%20ronald%2 |
Information Source 2: |
"We're Gonna Get the Big Bad Sheriff!" (Joe Arpaio) Says Ex-Bay Cityan, By Dave Rogers (staff), September 19, 2010" |
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http://mybaycity.com/scripts/p3_v2/P3V2-0200.cfm?P3_NewspaperID=1054&P3_articleID=5235 |
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