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Irvin Kovens

 

Charge:

Mail Fraud & Racketeering (incl. RICO)

Sentence:

"4 years & $40,000 fine"

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

1975

Year Convicted:

1977

Year Cleared:

1988

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Maryland - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Baltimore

City of Crime:

Baltimore

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Marvin Mandel, W. Dale Hess, Harry W. Rodgers, III, William A. Rodgers, Irvin Kovens, and Ernest N. Cory were wrongly convicted in 1977 of mail fraud and racketeering. In 1988 the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of the six co-defendant's writ of coram nobis vacating their convictions. Mandel was the former governor of Maryland."

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Innocence Proved By:

In 1988 the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of the six co-defendants writ of coram nobis vacating their convictions.

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"US v. Mandel, 862 F. 2d 1067 (4th Cir Ct. 1988)"

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