Anthony Moore

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	25 years to life
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1992
Year Convicted:	1996
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Anthony Moore was co-defendant of Marvin Brown. Wrongly convicted in 1996 of the 1992 murder of a retired NYC police officer during an armed robbery, based on his false confession to the crime. Anthony Moore was convicted based on his confession to the crime. He was sentenced in April 1996 to 25 years to life in prison. However, In late 1997 three other men were identified as the actual culprits of the crime. Moore's co-defendant, Marvin Brown, was awaiting trial when the charges were dismissed and he was released on January 14, 1998. Brown's charges were based on Moore implicating him as the shooter in his confession, and two eyewitnesses in the store erroneously identifying him as the shooter three months after the crime. Moore's conviction was vacated in early 1998 based on the new evidence he wasn't involved in the murder. In an ironic twist, one of the actual perpetrators attempted to have his conviction overturned because the trial judge refused to allow the jury to be told that Brown had been charged with the crime, and that Moore had been convicted after confessing. The NY state courts rejected the argument, as did the federal district court in the prisoner's federal habeas corpus petition."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession that also falsely implicated his co-defendant Marvin Brown in the crime.
Innocence Proved By:	Actual perpetrators found and convicted
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Flawed Slay Probe Led to Wrong Men, Barbara Ross, Alice McQuillan & Henri Cauvin, New York Daily News, January 7, 1998, p. 17."
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Information Source 2:	"Former suspect cleared in 1992 murder case, News Briefs, New York Times, January 15, 1998"
Information Location 2:	http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E7DC1F39F936A25752C0A96E958260
Information Source 3:	"The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, 82 NCLRev 891-1007 (2004)"
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Anthony Moore

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

25 years to life

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1992

Year Convicted:

1996

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession that also falsely implicated his co-defendant Marvin Brown in the crime.

Innocence Proved By:

Actual perpetrators found and convicted

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Flawed Slay Probe Led to Wrong Men, Barbara Ross, Alice McQuillan & Henri Cauvin, New York Daily News, January 7, 1998, p. 17."

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Information Source 2:

"Former suspect cleared in 1992 murder case, News Briefs, New York Times, January 15, 1998"

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E7DC1F39F936A25752C0A96E958260

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"The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World, By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, 82 NCLRev 891-1007 (2004)"

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