John Joseph McMahon Jr

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Charge:	Drug related and Conspiracy
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Year Cleared:	1983
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Reeves
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"John Joseph McMahon Jr. was wrongly convicted in federal court of conspiracy to possess marihuana and possession of marihuana with intent to distribute in Reeves County, Texas. After his conviction by a jury McMahon appealed. On March 2, 1983 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed McMahon's convictions based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficinet evidence to prove his guilt of every essential element of his crimes."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 2, 1983 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed McMahon's convictions based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficinet evidence to prove his guilt of every essential element of his crimes."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"United States v. Gordon and McMahon, 700 F. 2d 215 (5th Cir. 1983) (Convictions reversed based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence proving every essential element of McMahon's convicted crimes.)"
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John Joseph McMahon Jr

Charge:

Drug related and Conspiracy

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1983

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Reeves

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 2, 1983 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed McMahon's convictions based on the prosecution's failure to introduce sufficinet evidence to prove his guilt of every essential element of his crimes."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"United States v. Gordon and McMahon, 700 F. 2d 215 (5th Cir. 1983) (Convictions reversed based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence proving every essential element of McMahon's convicted crimes.)"

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17513712926318928493&q=932++F.2d++588++%286th++Cir.++1991%29&hl=en&as_sdt=4,111,126,275,276,280,281,293,294,301,302,303,338,339,343,344,356,357,364,365,366,381"

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