Burton Jeffrey Hunter

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Charge:	Sodomy (also Buggery)
Sentence:	25 years
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Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 2002 of sodomizing a 17-year-old girl, based solely on her eyewitness testimony. It was later learned that the girl had previously falsely accused another man of a sexual assault. On September 26, 2008 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Hunter's conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	"False, and possibly perjurious testimony by the alleged "victim" about a sexual assault that apparently didn't occur."
Innocence Proved By:	"On September 26, 2008 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Hunter's conviction."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"The People v Burton Jeffrey Hunter, 2008 NY Int. 90 (NY Ct of Appeals 06-12-2008)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/I08_0090.htm
Information Source 2:	"Conviction overturned, WXXA-dt fox 23, June 13, 2008"
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Burton Jeffrey Hunter

Charge:

Sodomy (also Buggery)

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted in 2002 of sodomizing a 17-year-old girl, based solely on her eyewitness testimony. It was later learned that the girl had previously falsely accused another man of a sexual assault. On September 26, 2008 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Hunter's conviction."

Conviction Caused By:

"False, and possibly perjurious testimony by the alleged "victim" about a sexual assault that apparently didn't occur."

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 26, 2008 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Hunter's conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"The People v Burton Jeffrey Hunter, 2008 NY Int. 90 (NY Ct of Appeals 06-12-2008)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/I08_0090.htm

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"Conviction overturned, WXXA-dt fox 23, June 13, 2008"

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