Prentiss Ashon Jackson

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Charge:	Failure to report change of address as a sex offender
Sentence:	6 yrs without parole and 24 yrs probation
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Houston
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Prentiss Ashon Jackson was wrongly convicted in June 2012 of failing to update his registration information as a sex offender within 72 hours prior to changing his address from Houston County, Georgia to Bibb County, Georgia. The trial judge denied the oral motion by Jackson's lawyer during trial to direct a verdict in Jackson's favor because "the indictment was defective because it failed to allege that Jackson was a convicted sex offender and that he was required to register under the statute." After his conviction by a jury Prentiss Jackson was sentenced to serve six years in prison without the possibility of paole and to serve 24 years on probation. The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed Jackson's conviction. The Georgia Supreme Court accepted discretionary review of Jackson's case. On May 15, 2017 the Georgia Supreme Court reversed Jackson's conviction based on a defective indictment that didn't state all essential elements of failure to register a change of address."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 15, 2017 the Georgia Supreme Court reversed Jackson's conviction based on a defective indictment that didn't state all essential elements of failure to register a change of address."
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Age When Imprisoned:	31
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Jackson v. The State, No. S16G0888 (Ga. Sup. Ct., 5-15-2017) (Reversing conviction based on defective indictment that didn't state all essential elements of failure to register.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/s16g0888.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Sex offender’s 30-year sentence for failing to register overturned, By Ellen Eldridge, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 15, 2017"
Information Location 2:	http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/sex-offender-year-sentence-for-failing-register-overturned/7CNObP0G3W60MnUwWLGOPN/
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Prentiss Ashon Jackson

Charge:

Failure to report change of address as a sex offender

Sentence:

6 yrs without parole and 24 yrs probation

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Houston

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 15, 2017 the Georgia Supreme Court reversed Jackson's conviction based on a defective indictment that didn't state all essential elements of failure to register a change of address."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

31

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Jackson v. The State, No. S16G0888 (Ga. Sup. Ct., 5-15-2017) (Reversing conviction based on defective indictment that didn't state all essential elements of failure to register.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/s16g0888.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Sex offender’s 30-year sentence for failing to register overturned, By Ellen Eldridge, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 15, 2017"

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http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/sex-offender-year-sentence-for-failing-register-overturned/7CNObP0G3W60MnUwWLGOPN/

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