Camilo L. Lopez

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	20 years to life in prison
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	New York
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Camilo Lopez (aka Carlos Camilo Lopez) was wrongly convicted in 1985 of a murder committed in Kings County, New York in 1984. Lopez' conviction was based on the confession of his co-defendant and one out of four eyewitesses who identified his co-defendant identified him. Lopez appealed arguing he was prejudicied by the trial judge's ruling denying his motion for severance so he could have a separate trial and the judge denying him the right to cross-examine his codefendant about his statement. The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division affirmed Lopez' conviction. On July 1, 1986 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Lopez' conviction and ordered a new trial because of the trial judge's failure to allow Lopez to cross-examine his codefendant violated his right of confrontation. In 1989 Lopez was found guilty of committing a murder in Ohio and he was imprisoned for 10 years before his conviction was overturned on appeal. In May 2007 Lopez was convicted in New Jersey of committing a murder in Hoboken on July 30, 1988. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison with a 30 year minimum before he was eligible for parole. In August 2010 Lopez' conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal."
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge erred in denying Lopez his right to confront his accuser -- his co-defendant.
Innocence Proved By:	"On July 1, 1986 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Lopez' conviction and ordered a new trial because of the trial judge's failure to allow Lopez to cross-examine his codefendant violated his right of confrontation. Camilo Lopez was acquitted after a retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	24
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Camilo Lopez, 68 N.Y.2d 683, 506 N.Y.S.2d 299 (1986)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11112080238599651307&q=+68+N.Y.2d+683,+506+N.Y.S.2d+299&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 820-821"
Information Location 2:	http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions
Information Source 3:	"Appeals court upholds murder conviction in 1988 Hoboken slaying of Jersey City college student, By Michaelangelo Conte (Staff writer), The Jersey Journal, August 24, 2010"
Information Location 3:	http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/08/appeals_court_upholds_murder_c.html
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Camilo L. Lopez

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

20 years to life in prison

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

New York

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge erred in denying Lopez his right to confront his accuser -- his co-defendant.

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 1, 1986 the New York Court of Appeal overturned Lopez' conviction and ordered a new trial because of the trial judge's failure to allow Lopez to cross-examine his codefendant violated his right of confrontation. Camilo Lopez was acquitted after a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

24

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"People v. Camilo Lopez, 68 N.Y.2d 683, 506 N.Y.S.2d 299 (1986)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11112080238599651307&q=+68+N.Y.2d+683,+506+N.Y.S.2d+299&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

Information Source 2:

"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 820-821"

Information Location 2:

http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

Information Source 3:

"Appeals court upholds murder conviction in 1988 Hoboken slaying of Jersey City college student, By Michaelangelo Conte (Staff writer), The Jersey Journal, August 24, 2010"

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http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/08/appeals_court_upholds_murder_c.html

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