Richard Miles

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Charge:	Murder and Attempted Murder
Sentence:	40 years
Years Imprisoned:	15.4
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Miles Richard was wrongly convicted in 1995 of murder and attempted murder in Dallas County, Texas based on an eyewitness identification. Richard Miles was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Centurion Ministries became involved and discovered that the police had failed to disclose a report that the witness identified Miles in a line-up after he had seen Miles escorted out of a police car. Miles filed a motion for a new trial and with the Dallas County DA agreeing that Miles had not received a fair trial and that he was likely innocent, his conviction was overturned and he was released on a personal recognizance bond on October 12, 2009. He was incarcerated for more than 15 years including a year awaiting trial."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by the State's key witness.
Innocence Proved By:	"Miles filed a motion for a new trial and with the Dallas County DA agreeing that Miles had not received a fair trial and that he was likely innocent, his conviction was overturned and he was released on a personal recognizance bond on October 12, 2009."
Defendant Aided By:	Centurion Ministries
Compensation Awarded:	"$1,233,333.33 lump sum payment plus $5,922.54 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 4-3-2012)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	34
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Texas: Inmate Set Free Because of Unfair Trial, By Rachel Marcus (staff), The New York Times, October 13, 2009"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13brfs-INMATESETFRE_BRF.html
Information Source 2:	"Texas man freed after DA says his trial was tainted, Associated Press story, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), October 13, 2009"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/texas_man_freed_da_says_trial.html
Information Source 3:	"Withheld evidence in Dallas murder case frees man after 14 years, By Jennifer Emily, Dallas Morning News, October 13, 2009"
Information Location 3:	http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101209dnmetfreed.20ca6bc85.html
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Richard Miles

Charge:

Murder and Attempted Murder

Sentence:

40 years

Years Imprisoned:

15.4

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by the State's key witness.

Innocence Proved By:

"Miles filed a motion for a new trial and with the Dallas County DA agreeing that Miles had not received a fair trial and that he was likely innocent, his conviction was overturned and he was released on a personal recognizance bond on October 12, 2009."

Defendant Aided By:

Centurion Ministries

Compensation Awarded:

"$1,233,333.33 lump sum payment plus $5,922.54 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 4-3-2012)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

34

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Texas: Inmate Set Free Because of Unfair Trial, By Rachel Marcus (staff), The New York Times, October 13, 2009"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/us/13brfs-INMATESETFRE_BRF.html

Information Source 2:

"Texas man freed after DA says his trial was tainted, Associated Press story, Times-Picayune (New Orleans), October 13, 2009"

Information Location 2:

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/texas_man_freed_da_says_trial.html

Information Source 3:

"Withheld evidence in Dallas murder case frees man after 14 years, By Jennifer Emily, Dallas Morning News, October 13, 2009"

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101209dnmetfreed.20ca6bc85.html

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