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Robert Hinshaw

 

Charge:

Drug related and firearm charges

Sentence:

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."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"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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