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Marcia Minaya Diaz

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Queens

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Marcia Minaya Diaz

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Marcia Minaya Diaz was acquitted by a jury on September 2, 2015 after her retrial."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Woman's conviction for smuggling cocaine in luggage at JFK overturned, By John Marzulli (Staff writer), New York Daily News, September 5, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-woman-drug-smuggling-conviction-tossed-article-1.2349590

Information Source 2:

"Jury overturns woman's conviction for smuggling cocaine in luggage from the C'bean, By CMC (New York), Jamaica Observer, September 06, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jury-overturns-woman-s-conviction-for-smuggling-cocaine-in-luggage-from-the-C-bean

Information Source 3:

"USA v. Minaya Diaz, No. 1:14-cr-00657, New York Eastern District Court, Case docket"

Information Location 3:

http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/2kk5j650z/new-york-eastern-district-court/usa-v-minaya-diaz/

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