Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Second Degree Murder |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
4.5 |
Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida |
County or Region of Crime: |
Hillsborough |
City of Crime: |
Tampa |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Kevin Lee Kyne |
Conviction Caused By: |
Judge erroneously denied the defense motion to exclude prior bad acts evidence. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"On February 10, 2015 Kevin Kyrne was acquitted by a jury after his retrial." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
22 |
Age When Released: |
27 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Kyne v. State, 141 So. 3d 759 (Fla. Dist. Ct of Appeals, 2nd Dist., 7-11-2014) (Reversing conviction and ordering retrial.)" |
Information Location 1: |
"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10148943065074426731&q=Kevin+Kyne&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
Information Source 2: |
"Jury finds Kevin Kyne not guilty in death of his mother, By Curtis Krueger (Staff Writer), Tampa Bay Times, February 10, 2015" |
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/jury-gets-case-of-seminole-man-accused-of-murdering-mom-as-defense-accuses/2217111 |
Information Source 3: |
"Once sentenced to life, Kevin Kyne released on Wednesday from Pinellas jail, By Curtis Krueger (Staff Writer), Tampa Bay Times, February 11, 2015" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/kevin-kyne-is-not-guilty-of-murder-8212-but-not-out-of-jail-yet/2217244 |
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