Ronald A. Joseph Jr.

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Charge:	Leaving Fatal Accident Scene
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.2
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Bay
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Ronald A. Joseph Jr. was wrongly convicted in 2007 for leaving the scene of an accident, when after hitting a man he drove to a store to call 911 for help. During his trial the prosecution claimed that neither the tape of his emergency call for help nor a witness at the store could be located. The judge declared a mistrial. Ronald Joseph was retried, again without the prosecution producing the evidence he had called for help, and he was convicted. Joseph was sentenced to five years in prison. On July 30, 2008 Florida's First District Court of Appeals overturned Joseph's conviction and ordered his release because the judge shouldn't have declared a mistrial in the first trial, and because jeopardy had attached, it had violated his right against double jeopardy for him to have been tried twice."
Conviction Caused By:	The prosecution claimed that neither the tape of his emergency call for help nor a witness at the store could be located.
Innocence Proved By:	"On July 30, 2008 Florida's First District Court of Appeals overturned Joseph's conviction and ordered his release."
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Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	37
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Ronald Joseph v Florida, 07-3477 (1st DCA 07-30-2008)"
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Information Source 2:	"Court reverses hit-and-run conviction, By David Angier, News Herald (Panama City, FL), July 31, 2008"
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Ronald A. Joseph Jr.

Charge:

Leaving Fatal Accident Scene

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.2

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Bay

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The prosecution claimed that neither the tape of his emergency call for help nor a witness at the store could be located.

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 30, 2008 Florida's First District Court of Appeals overturned Joseph's conviction and ordered his release."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

37

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Ronald Joseph v Florida, 07-3477 (1st DCA 07-30-2008)"

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"Court reverses hit-and-run conviction, By David Angier, News Herald (Panama City, FL), July 31, 2008"

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