Pat Metegrano

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	1 year to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	1942
Year Convicted:	1942
Year Cleared:	1942
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	Cook
City of Crime:	Chicago
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Pat Metegrano was wrongly convicted in October 1942 of being one of two men who robbed two taverns in Chicago, Illinois on January 9, 1942. Metegrano's conviction was based on his identification by two eyewitnesses. Metegrano waived a jury trial. Although the other robber who had already been convicted and testified that he had never seen Metegrano before his arrest for the robberies, the judge found Metegrano guilty and sentenced him to one year to life in prison. Two months after Metegrano's conviction the second robber was arrested and confessed. Metegrano was mistaken for him although he was a light skinned blond while Metegrano was dark complexioned. Based on the new evidence of his innocence Metegrano filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was granted, the charges were subsequently dismissed, and Metegrano was released after ten months incarceration."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by two witnesses.
Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the new evidence of his innocence Metegrano filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was granted, the charges were subsequently dismissed, and Metegrano was released."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	25
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"'Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 196-197."
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Pat Metegrano

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

1 year to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

1942

Year Convicted:

1942

Year Cleared:

1942

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

Cook

City of Crime:

Chicago

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by two witnesses.

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on the new evidence of his innocence Metegrano filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was granted, the charges were subsequently dismissed, and Metegrano was released."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"'Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 196-197."

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