Angeline McMahon

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Charge:	Obstruction of Justice
Sentence:	18 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.58
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Zealand
County or Region of Crime:	Whangarei
City of Crime:	Ocean Beach
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Angeline McMahon was wrongly convicted of obstruction of justice for allegedly helping her son avoid arrest after he was sought by the police for a December 2006 over a fight involving a lifeguard at Ocean Beach, Whangarei, New Zealand. Angeline McMahon was arrested on March 23, 2007, and her son was arrested six weeks later. McMahon was tried in March 2009. The prosecution alleged that she enrolled her son Brandon McMahon at the Vipassana Meditation Centre near Helensville, north of Auckland, under a false name to avoid arrest. The jury found her guilty of attempting to wilfully obstruct the course of justice. She was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. On October 20, 2009 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed her conviction and did not order her retrial. She was released after seven months imprisonment."
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Information Source 1:	"Woman cleared after seven months' jail, The New Zealand Herald, October 20, 2009"
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Angeline McMahon

Charge:

Obstruction of Justice

Sentence:

18 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.58

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Zealand

County or Region of Crime:

Whangarei

City of Crime:

Ocean Beach

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 20, 2009 New Zealand's Court of Appeal quashed her conviction and did not order her retrial."

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Female

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"Woman cleared after seven months' jail, The New Zealand Herald, October 20, 2009"

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10604297

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