Derrick Luckett

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Charge:	Embezzelment
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2005
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
County or Region of Crime:	Rankin
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Derrick Luckett was wrongly convicted in 2006 of committing embezzelment in Rankin County, Mississippi. Luckett was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. On June 8, 2007 the Mississippi Court of Appeals vacated Luckett's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficinet evidence to prove embezzelment. The Court's ruling barred Luckett's conviction on double jeopardy grounds."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 8, 2007 the Mississippi Court of Appeals vacated Luckett's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficinet evidence to prove embezzelment. The Court's ruling barred Luckett's conviction on double jeopardy grounds."
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Compensation Awarded:	"$20,000 (State of Mississippi, 2015)"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"State to pay thousands to wrongfully convicted, By Jack Elliot Jr. (Associated Press reporter), The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 19, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/19/state-pay-thousands-wrongfully-convicted/26040949/
Information Source 2:	"Derrick Luckett v. State of Mississippi, No. 2007-KA-00982-COA (Miss. Ct of Appeal, 6-8-2007) (Vacating conviction on the basis the prosecution didn't introduce evidence proving embezzelment.)"
Information Location 2:	http://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO50918.pdf
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Derrick Luckett

Charge:

Embezzelment

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2005

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

Rankin

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 8, 2007 the Mississippi Court of Appeals vacated Luckett's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficinet evidence to prove embezzelment. The Court's ruling barred Luckett's conviction on double jeopardy grounds."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$20,000 (State of Mississippi, 2015)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"State to pay thousands to wrongfully convicted, By Jack Elliot Jr. (Associated Press reporter), The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), April 19, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/04/19/state-pay-thousands-wrongfully-convicted/26040949/

Information Source 2:

"Derrick Luckett v. State of Mississippi, No. 2007-KA-00982-COA (Miss. Ct of Appeal, 6-8-2007) (Vacating conviction on the basis the prosecution didn't introduce evidence proving embezzelment.)"

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http://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO50918.pdf

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