Wrongly Convicted Database Record
|
Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
|
Years Imprisoned: |
|
Year Crime: |
|
Year Convicted: |
1998 |
Year Cleared: |
1999 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
County or Region of Crime: |
Pinellas |
City of Crime: |
Clearwater |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Willie Isaac was wrongly convicted of possession of cocaine in Pinellas County, Florida. On March 17, 1999 the Florida Court of Appeals, Second District, reversed Isaac's conviction for possession of cocaine and and ordered dismissal of the charge based on the prosecution's failure to introduce evidence sufficent to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." |
Conviction Caused By: |
|
Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 17, 1999 the Florida Court of Appeals, Second District, reversed Isaac's conviction for possession of cocaine and and ordered dismissal of the charge based on the prosecution's failure to introduce evidence sufficent to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." |
Defendant Aided By: |
|
Compensation Awarded: |
|
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
|
Age When Imprisoned: |
|
Age When Released: |
|
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
|
Information Source 1: |
"Isaac v. State, 730 So. 2d 757 (Fla: Dist. Court of Appeals, 2nd Dist. 1999) (Reversing drug related convictions based on insufficient evidence and ordering dismissal of charges.)" |
Information Location 1: |
"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10115614515224482407&q=+Miller++v.+State,+107+So.+3d+498+%28Fla.+2d+DCA+2013%29&hl=en&as_sdt=4,10" |
Information Source 2: |
|
Information Location 2: |
|
Information Source 3: |
|
Information Location 3: |
|
Information Source 4: |
|
Information Location 4: |
|
Information Source 5: |
|
Information Location 5: |
|
Book About Case: |
|
Book Information: |
|
Book About Case (2): |
|
Book Information (2): |
|
Movie About Case: |
|
Comments About Case: |
Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org