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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Driving Related |
Sentence: |
3 month driving suspension |
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Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New Zealand |
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City of Crime: |
Auckland |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Robert Mash was an Auckland, New Zealand police officer wrongly convicted on November 8, 2013 of dangerous driving when he crashed while pursing a stolen vehicle on November 17, 2012. Mash was sentenced to disqualification from driving for 3 months. In July 2014 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Mash's conviction on the basis of errors by the trial judge and ordered the charge dismissed." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In July 2014 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed Mash's conviction on the basis of errors by the trial judge and ordered the charge dismissed. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Chase crash officer cleared, By Ian Steward, Sunday Star Times (New Zealand), July 13, 2014" |
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10261570/Chase-crash-officer-cleared |
Information Source 2: |
"Highway cop convicted over high speed chase, By Anna Leask (writer), November 29, 2013" |
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11164393 |
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