Kevin Martin (GBR defendant)

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	England
City of Crime:	London
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Kevin Martin and codefendants Anthony Taylor and Michael Brown were wrongly convicted in 1995 by a jury of robbery and possession of a prohibited weapon in London, England. Police planted evidence implicating the three men in the armed robbery. Scotland Yard detectives bragged they "stitched up guys like you all day long," by planting crucial evidence against suspects. Among other things, a palm print of Martin's on the robbed shop's counter magically appeared seven months after the robbery, and after he was in custody. On September 29, 1999 the Criminal Case Review Commission referred the case of the three men to the Court of Appeals based on new evidence. The Court of Appeals quashed the convictions of the three men on July 12, 2000 and did not order a retrial."
Conviction Caused By:	Police misconduct of planting evidence and perjury.
Innocence Proved By:	"Court of Appeals quashed all co-defendant's convictions on July 12, 2000 and did not order a retrial."
Defendant Aided By:	Criminal Case Review Commission
Compensation Awarded:
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	30
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Brown, R v [2000] EWCA Crim 47 (12th July, 2000) (Quashing convictions of Kevin Martin, Anthony Taylor and Michael Brown)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2000/47.html
Information Source 2:	Innocent UK website
Information Location 2:	http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/
Information Source 3:	"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"
Information Location 3:	http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html
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Kevin Martin (GBR defendant)

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

England

City of Crime:

London

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Police misconduct of planting evidence and perjury.

Innocence Proved By:

"Court of Appeals quashed all co-defendant's convictions on July 12, 2000 and did not order a retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

30

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Brown, R v [2000] EWCA Crim 47 (12th July, 2000) (Quashing convictions of Kevin Martin, Anthony Taylor and Michael Brown)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2000/47.html

Information Source 2:

Innocent UK website

Information Location 2:

http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/

Information Source 3:

"Recent Case Statatistics, Criminal Cases Review Commission"

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http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/latestnews/latestnews_case.html

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