Akilah N. Murphy

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	4 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New Jersey
County or Region of Crime:	Union
City of Crime:	Plainfield
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Akilah N. Murphy was wrongly convicted in 2012 to second degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute and third degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a school zone in Union County, New Jersey. Murphy was sentenced to four years in state prison. Murphy conditionally pled guilty by reserving the right to appeal after the judge denied her motion to suppress the evidence collected by the police during a warrantless search of her residence without permission. The trial judge ruled that the warrantless search was justified because their were exigent circumstances excusing the police officer's failure to attempt to obtain a warrant. Murphy appealed arguing the judge erred in denying her suppression motion. On June 3, 2015 the New Jersey Court of Appeals reversed Murphy's conviction on the basis the evidence relied on to convict her was obtianed in an unconstitutional search without a warrant and that was undertaken by the police without exigent circumstances."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 3, 2015 the New Jersey Court of Appeals reversed Murphy's conviction on the basis the evidence relied on to convict her was obtianed in an unconstitutional search without a warrant and that was undertaken by the police without exigent circumstances."
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	36
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"State of New Jersey vs. Akilah N. Murphy, No. A-3662-12T3 (N.J. Ct. of Appeals, 6-3-2015) (Unpublished opinion) (Revesing conviction that was solely based on evidence obtained in an unconstitutional search)"
Information Location 1:	https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/a3662-12.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Illegal search overturns Plainfield drug conviction, By Mike Deak, June 5, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/union-county/2015/06/05/illegal-search-overturns-plainfield-drug-conviction/28560547/
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Akilah N. Murphy

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

4 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New Jersey

County or Region of Crime:

Union

City of Crime:

Plainfield

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 3, 2015 the New Jersey Court of Appeals reversed Murphy's conviction on the basis the evidence relied on to convict her was obtianed in an unconstitutional search without a warrant and that was undertaken by the police without exigent circumstances."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"State of New Jersey vs. Akilah N. Murphy, No. A-3662-12T3 (N.J. Ct. of Appeals, 6-3-2015) (Unpublished opinion) (Revesing conviction that was solely based on evidence obtained in an unconstitutional search)"

Information Location 1:

https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/opinions/a3662-12.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Illegal search overturns Plainfield drug conviction, By Mike Deak, June 5, 2015"

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http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/union-county/2015/06/05/illegal-search-overturns-plainfield-drug-conviction/28560547/

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