Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs |
Sentence: |
8 months driver license suspension |
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Year Crime: |
2010 |
Year Convicted: |
2010 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Wisconsin |
County or Region of Crime: |
Portage |
City of Crime: |
Stevens Point |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Jared T. Lowery |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On February 5, 2015 the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III, vacated Lowery's conviction and ruled in void because the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because he was charged with a first DUI offense under a City of Stevens Point ordinance, when he should have been charged with a third felony under Wisconsin State law." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
30 |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"City of Stevens Point v. Jared T. Lowery, No. 2014AP742--CR (Wis. Ct. of Appeals District III, 2-5-2015) ((Unpublished opinion vacating conviction on lack of jurisdiction by the trial court." |
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http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=134414 |
Information Source 2: |
"Another OWI conviction erased because it was charged as 1st offense by mistake, By Bruce Vielmetti (Staff writer), Journal Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI), Feb. 9, 2015" |
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http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/291203721.html |
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