Nadir Ishak

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Charge:	Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs
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Years Imprisoned:	0.16
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arizona
County or Region of Crime:	Maricopa
City of Crime:	Mesa
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Nadir Ishak was wrongly convicted in 2015 of driving in Mesa, Arizona in 2013 while “impaired to the slightest degree” and driving with marijuana or its metabolite “in [his] body” in violation of Arizona state law. After his conviction was sentenced to three months in jail. Ishak appealed. On December 22, 2016 the Arizona Court of Appeal, First Div., reversed Ishak's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove he was under the influence of marijuana."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 22, 2016 the Arizona Court of Appeal, First Div., reversed Ishak's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove he was under the influence of marijuana."
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Age When Imprisoned:	40
Age When Released:	40
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Other
Information Source 1:	"Nadir Ishak v. City of Mesa Prosecutor Office, No. 1 CA-SA 16-0134 (AZ Ct. of Appeals, 12-22-2016) (Reversing conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence Ishak was under the influence of marijuana.)"
Information Location 1:	http://caselaw.findlaw.com/az-court-of-appeals/1762377.html
Information Source 2:	"Court ruling a setback for prosecutors in medical pot DUI cases, By Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services), Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), December 29, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://tucson.com/news/local/court-ruling-setback-for-prosecutors-in-medical-pot-dui-cases/article_fb4d1e61-ca87-5bb2-ba8f-10db8b76afae.html
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Nadir Ishak

Charge:

Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.16

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arizona

County or Region of Crime:

Maricopa

City of Crime:

Mesa

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 22, 2016 the Arizona Court of Appeal, First Div., reversed Ishak's conviction on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce sufficient evidence to prove he was under the influence of marijuana."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

40

Age When Released:

40

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"Nadir Ishak v. City of Mesa Prosecutor Office, No. 1 CA-SA 16-0134 (AZ Ct. of Appeals, 12-22-2016) (Reversing conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence Ishak was under the influence of marijuana.)"

Information Location 1:

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/az-court-of-appeals/1762377.html

Information Source 2:

"Court ruling a setback for prosecutors in medical pot DUI cases, By Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services), Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), December 29, 2016"

Information Location 2:

http://tucson.com/news/local/court-ruling-setback-for-prosecutors-in-medical-pot-dui-cases/article_fb4d1e61-ca87-5bb2-ba8f-10db8b76afae.html

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