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Nicholas M. Menditto

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

2 years suspended and 18 months probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

Tolland

City of Crime:

Bolton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Nicholas Menditto

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In a ruling dated March 24, 2015 the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed Mendito's two marijuana possession convictions from 2009 on the basis in 2011 the state legislature decriminalized the possession of less than 1/2 ounce. The Court's ruling acts as an acquittal and under State law Mendito's two 2009 convictions can be erased from all public records."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"State v. Menditto, No. SC19272 (Ct. Supreme Ct., 3-24-2015) (Granting Menditto's petition to dismiss his two marijuana convictions in 2009, which reversed the Ct of Appeals ruling.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROcr/CR315/315CR32.pdf

Information Source 2:

"State Supreme Court Ruling Clears Way For Marijuana Convictions To Be Erased, By Dave Collins (AP reporter), Hartford Courant, March 16, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-ap-marijuana-convictions-erased-20150316-story.html

Information Source 3:

"State v. Menditto, 147 Conn.App. 232, 80 A.3d 923 (2013) (Affirming lower court's denial of Menditto's petition to dismiss his 2009 marijuana convictions.)"

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