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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Firearm related (including ammunition) |
Sentence: |
2 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1 |
Year Crime: |
2004 |
Year Convicted: |
2004 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Missouri |
County or Region of Crime: |
Taney |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Christopher P. Mace was wrongly convicted of unlawful use of a weapon, for having a tire thumper in his trunk when arrested for possessing marijuana in Taney County, Missouri. Christopher Mace's conviction was overturned by the Missouri Court of Appeals on October 16, 2006, with an order for the trial court to enter a judgment of acquittal." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Conviction overturned by Missouri Court of Appeals on October 16, 2006, with an order for the trial court to enter a judgment of acquittal." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
20 |
Age When Released: |
21 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Court Reverses man's weapons conviction, News-Leader (Springfield, MO), October 18, 2006" |
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http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061018/NEWS01/610180331/1007/NEWS01 |
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"State v. Mace, No. 27220 (Mo.App. S.D. 10-16-2006)" |
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