Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation) |
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Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
1992 |
Year Convicted: |
2000 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Wisconsin |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"James D. Miller was wrongly convicted in 2000 of allegedly inappropriately touching a 4-year-old patient in 1992, and repeatedly sexually molesting a teenage patient from 1989 to 1992. James Miller was a psychologist. A state judge granted James D Miller's motion for a new trial based on ineffectiveness of his trial counsel in failing to object to hearsay evidence from multiple prosecution witnesses. The judge's ruling was upheld by Wisconsin's Court of Appeal on August 2, 2006." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Trial judge allowed inadmissible hearsay evidence. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"A state judge granted James D Miller's motion for a new trial based on ineffectiveness of his trial counsel in failing to object to hearsay evidence from multiple prosecution witnesses. The judge's ruling was upheld by Wisconsin's Court of Appeal on August 2, 2006." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
49 |
Age When Released: |
51 |
Sex: |
Male |
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White |
Information Source 1: |
"State v. Miller, no. 2005ap449 (wis.app. 08-02-2006)" |
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"State court orders new trial, by David Doege (staff), Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, August 2, 2006" |
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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=479597 |
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