Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
9 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.5 |
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2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Leon McDonald |
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"On June 15, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted McDonald's habeas corpus writ." |
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"Ex parte Leon McDonald, No. WR-85,146-01 (Court of Criminal Appeals, 6-15-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition.)" |
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