Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Vehicle Offenses |
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2006 |
Year Convicted: |
2007 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
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Canada |
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Manitoba |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Wrongly convicted of dangerous driving and flight from police in September 2006. Cody Klyne's conviction was based on the eyewitness testimony of two police officers who only momentarily saw the car's driver. The Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned Klyne's conviction in August 2007 on the basis that the officer's identification was too unreliable to support Klyne's conviction. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Unreliable eyewitness testimony by two police officers. |
Innocence Proved By: |
Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned conviction in August 2007. |
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"High court tosses out dangerous driving conviction, By Mike McIntyre, Winnipeg Free Press, August 21, 2007" |
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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/story/4025561p-4637335c.html |
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