James Clarence McGlothin

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Charge:	Felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	3
Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Mississippi
County or Region of Crime:	Harrison
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"James Clarence McGlothin was wrongly convicted in 2016 of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Harrision County, Mississippi in May 2014. A firearm was found during a search of the residence of McGlothin's sister when he was not there, and while he was under investigation by the Coastal Narcotics Enforcement Team. The firearm was tested and found to be in working order, but no fingerprints were taken to find out who had handled it. McGlothin was arrested in August 2014 and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. After his conviction by a jury James McGlothin was sentenced to 10 years in prison as a habitual offender. The judge denied the post-verdict motion filed by McGlothin's lawyer for a directed verdict that was based on the prosecution's failure to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. McGlothin appealed. On August 22, 2017 the Mississippi Court of Appeal reversed McGlothin's conviction based on the trial judge's error of failing to grant the motion for a directed verdict, because the prosecution failed to introduce any evidence that the gun seized from his sister's residence was his or that he had ever had possession of it."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 22, 2017 the Mississippi Court of Appeal reversed McGlothin's conviction based on the trial judge's error of failing to grant the motion for a directed verdict, because the prosecution failed to introduce any evidence that the gun seized from his sister's residence was his or that he had ever had possession of it."
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Age When Imprisoned:	30
Age When Released:	33
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"James Clarence McGlothin v. State of Mississippi, No. 2016-KA-01202-COA (Miss. Ct. of Appeals, 8-22-2017) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence.)"
Information Location 1:	https://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO122873.pdf
Information Source 2:	"A felon got 10 years for having a gun. Here’s why his conviction was reversed, By Justin Mitchell (Staff member), Sun Herald, August 24, 2017"
Information Location 2:	http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article169039367.html
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James Clarence McGlothin

Charge:

Felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Mississippi

County or Region of Crime:

Harrison

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

30

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"James Clarence McGlothin v. State of Mississippi, No. 2016-KA-01202-COA (Miss. Ct. of Appeals, 8-22-2017) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence.)"

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https://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO122873.pdf

Information Source 2:

"A felon got 10 years for having a gun. Here’s why his conviction was reversed, By Justin Mitchell (Staff member), Sun Herald, August 24, 2017"

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http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article169039367.html

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