Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Drug related and firearm charges |
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Years Imprisoned: |
5 |
Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2020 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Erie |
City of Crime: |
Buffalo |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Robert Hinshaw was wrongly convicted of drug and firearms charges based on evidence seized during a search of his car during a traffic stop in Buffalo, New York on November 8, 2014." |
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"On September 1, 2020 the New York Court of appeals reversed Hinshaw's convictions based on a lack of probable cause for the officer to have stopped his car, and thus their was no lawful basis to search his car, so all evidence seized had to be suppresed." |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v Hinshaw, 2020 NY Slip Op 04816 (NY Ct. of Appeals, 9-1-2020) (Reversing convictions based on search was based on traffic stop without probable cause)" |
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https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/court-of-appeals/2020/46.html |
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