Philip Leung

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	8 years with 4-1/2 years minimum imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	2.083
Year Crime:	2007
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	New South Wales
City of Crime:	Alexandria
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Philip Leung was wrongly convicted in 2012 of manslaughter in the death of his domestic partner in 2007. Leung was sentenced to 8 years in prison with a minimum of 4-1/2 years. Leung made legal history in Austalia by becoming the first person since the 1889s to be tried three times for the same homicide. In December 2014 the New South Wales Court of Appeals quashed Philip Leung's manslaughter conviction and ordered his acquittal In a majority decision by Justice Elizabeth Fullerton and Justice Christine Adamson, who ruled the evidence could not support Leung's conviction beyond reasonable doubt. Leung was released on December 23, 2014 after more than two years in custody."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In December 2014 the New South Wales Court of Appeals quashed Philip Leung's manslaughter conviction and ordered his acquittal In a majority decision by Justice Elizabeth Fullerton and Justice Christine Adamson, who ruled the evidence could not support Leung's conviction beyond reasonable doubt."
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Age When Imprisoned:	51
Age When Released:	53
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Philip Leung's manslaughter conviction quashed again, By Nick Ralston (Crime Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, December 23, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.smh.com.au/national/philip-leungs-manslaughter-conviction-quashed-again-20141222-12cdjb.html
Information Source 2:	"R v Leung, LIAC Crime Library (last visited 12-26-2014)"
Information Location 2:	http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php?pid=242811&sid=3923840
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Philip Leung

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

8 years with 4-1/2 years minimum imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

2.083

Year Crime:

2007

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

New South Wales

City of Crime:

Alexandria

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In December 2014 the New South Wales Court of Appeals quashed Philip Leung's manslaughter conviction and ordered his acquittal In a majority decision by Justice Elizabeth Fullerton and Justice Christine Adamson, who ruled the evidence could not support Leung's conviction beyond reasonable doubt."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

51

Age When Released:

53

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Philip Leung's manslaughter conviction quashed again, By Nick Ralston (Crime Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, December 23, 2014"

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http://www.smh.com.au/national/philip-leungs-manslaughter-conviction-quashed-again-20141222-12cdjb.html

Information Source 2:

"R v Leung, LIAC Crime Library (last visited 12-26-2014)"

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http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php?pid=242811&sid=3923840

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