Jimmie Allen Nelson

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	25 to 50 years
Years Imprisoned:	3.08
Year Crime:	1980
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Losco
City of Crime:	Oscoda
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jimmie Nelson was wrongly convicted in 2010 of a murder committed in 1980 in Oscoda, Michigan. Nelson's conviction was overturned in 2012 by the Michigan Court of Appeals that ruled the prosecution presented insufficient evidence to prove his guilt. The State appealed and in 2013 the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the appeals court's ruling, and remanded the case back to the appeals court. In reconsidering Nelson's case, the Michigan Court of Appeals vacated Nelson’s murder conviction on February 24, 2014 based on newly discovered exculpatory evidence, and that "evidence implicates another person as the perpetrator of Thomas’s death.” The Losco County Prosecutor's motion to dismiss Nelson's murder charge was granted on April 21, 2014."
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Innocence Proved By:	"The Michigan Court of Appeals vacated Nelson’s murder conviction on February 24, 2014 based on newly discovered exculpatory evidence, and that "evidence implicates another person as the perpetrator of Thomas’s death.” The Iosco County Prosecutor's motion to dismiss Nelson's murder charge was granted on April 21, 2014."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	58
Age When Released:	61
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"People of the State of Michigan v. Jimmie Allen Nelson, No. 301253 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 2014) (Unpublished opinion)"
Information Location 1:	http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/opinions/final/coa/20140225_c301253_117_301253o.opn.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Court of Appeals overturns murder conviction... Again, By Holly Nelson (staff writer), Iosco County News-Herald, March 5, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.iosconews.com/front/article_ff5c530c-a3cf-11e3-a1d6-001a4bcf887a.html
Information Source 3:	"People v. Nelson, 493 Mich. 933, 825 NW 2d 581 (Mich: Sup. Ct. 2013)"
Information Location 3:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2701601807813114648&q=jimmie+nelson+michigan&hl=en&as_sdt=4,23"
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Jimmie Allen Nelson

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

25 to 50 years

Years Imprisoned:

3.08

Year Crime:

1980

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Losco

City of Crime:

Oscoda

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

58

Age When Released:

61

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"People of the State of Michigan v. Jimmie Allen Nelson, No. 301253 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 2014) (Unpublished opinion)"

Information Location 1:

http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/opinions/final/coa/20140225_c301253_117_301253o.opn.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Court of Appeals overturns murder conviction... Again, By Holly Nelson (staff writer), Iosco County News-Herald, March 5, 2014"

Information Location 2:

http://www.iosconews.com/front/article_ff5c530c-a3cf-11e3-a1d6-001a4bcf887a.html

Information Source 3:

"People v. Nelson, 493 Mich. 933, 825 NW 2d 581 (Mich: Sup. Ct. 2013)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2701601807813114648&q=jimmie+nelson+michigan&hl=en&as_sdt=4,23"

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