(2006 00062) NCCRC

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Charge:	Receiving Stolen Property (Incl. theft by receiving stolen property)
Sentence:	Imprisonment & fine
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Norway
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"A man had been asked by a neighbour to transport a vehicle abroad. The vehicle proved to have been stolen and the man was convicted of handling stolen goods. He claimed in court that he did not understand that the vehicle his neighbour had asked him to take abroad was stolen, but the court did not believe him. He was therefore sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay damages to the insurance company that had insured the vehicle. The neighbour was also charged with handling stolen goods relating to the same a person to find someone to take the vehicle out of the country. However, the neighbour was acquitted since the court found he was in good faith in that he did not understand that the vehicle was stolen when he passed the driving assignment on to the convicted person. The Commission found that the acquittal of the neighbour was a new circumstance, cf section 391, no. 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act. The fact that the court found that the neighbour was acting in good faith when he passed on the driving assignment to the convicted person meant that there was a reasonable chance that the convicted person, who was given the assignment by the neighbour, was also acting in good faith. The Commission therefore allowed the petition for a retrial. The District Court subsequently acquitted. (Source: Summary of case 22/11/2006 (2006 00062) by the NCCRC.)"
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Innocence Proved By:	After the NCCRC's referral the District Court acquitted the defendant without a retrial.
Defendant Aided By:	Norwegian Criminal Case Review Commission
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"22.11.2006 (2006 00062), Norwegian Criminal Case Review Commission"
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(2006 00062) NCCRC

Charge:

Receiving Stolen Property (Incl. theft by receiving stolen property)

Sentence:

Imprisonment & fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Norway

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

After the NCCRC's referral the District Court acquitted the defendant without a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Norwegian Criminal Case Review Commission

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"22.11.2006 (2006 00062), Norwegian Criminal Case Review Commission"

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http://www.gjenopptakelse.no/index.php?id=224

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