Nguyen Hoc

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	15 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1986
Year Convicted:	1987
Year Cleared:	1989
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	New York
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Nguyen Hoc (aka Hoc Thai Vu, aka Thin Vu, aka Vu Hoc Thai) was wrongly convicted in 1987 of a murder committed in Manhattan on August 31, 1986. The prosecution's case was entirely circumstantial. After his conviction by a jury of second-degree murder Hoc was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. On January 26, 1989 the New York Supreme Couet Appellate Division reversed Hoc's conviction on the basis the prosecution introuduced insufficient evidence of Hoc's guilt and ordered dismissal of his indictment."
Conviction Caused By:	The jury relied on a circumstantial case to convict Hoc.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 26, 1989 the New York Supreme Couet Appellate Division reversed Hoc's conviction on the basis the prosecution introuduced insufficient evidence of Hoc's guilt and ordered dismissal of his indictment."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Asian
Information Source 1:	"People v. Hoc, 146 AD 2d 545, 537 NYS 2d 165 (NY Appellate Div., 1st Dept. 1-26-1989)"
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Nguyen Hoc

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

15 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1986

Year Convicted:

1987

Year Cleared:

1989

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

New York

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The jury relied on a circumstantial case to convict Hoc.

Innocence Proved By:

"On January 26, 1989 the New York Supreme Couet Appellate Division reversed Hoc's conviction on the basis the prosecution introuduced insufficient evidence of Hoc's guilt and ordered dismissal of his indictment."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

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"People v. Hoc, 146 AD 2d 545, 537 NYS 2d 165 (NY Appellate Div., 1st Dept. 1-26-1989)"

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