Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)" |
Sentence: |
15 months and bad conduct discharge |
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Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
U.S. Military - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Onslow |
City of Crime: |
Jacksonville |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Ronald Lovos was a Marine wrongly convicted of fraud for arranging a "sham" marriage in order to obtain $500 in additional benefits on available to a married serviceman. After his conviction by a military courtmartial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Lovos was sentenced to serve 15 months in prison and a bad conduct discharge. Lovos appealed. On August 18, 2015 the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Lovos' conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had committed fraud." |
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"On August 18, 2015 the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Lovos' conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had committed fraud." |
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Male |
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"Marine's scam marriage conviction overturned, By Hope Hodge Seck (Staff writer), Marine Times, August 28, 2015" |
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http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/crime/2015/08/28/marines-scam-marriage-conviction-overturned/32396233/ |
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