Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Resisting Arrest |
Sentence: |
8 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.5 |
Year Crime: |
2014 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Malta |
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City of Crime: |
St Paul's Bay |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Florinel Nitu was wrongly convicted in October 2015 of resisting arrest in 2014 in St Paul's Bay, Malta. Nitu was sentenced to 8 months in jail for the charge. Nitu, a native of Romania, appealed. On October 27, 2016 Nitu's resisting arrest conviction was quashed on appeal by Madame Justice Edwina Grima. Nitu's conviction of causing slight bodily harm to a neighbor, which was why the police were called, was affirmed. Nitu was resentenced to one month in jail for that conviction." |
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"On October 27, 2016 Nitu's resisting arrest conviction was quashed on appeal by Madame Justice Edwina Grima." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
46 |
Age When Released: |
46 |
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Male |
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"After spending nine months in prison, court overturns assault conviction: A Romanian national spent nine months in prison before he was released when his assault conviction was revoked, By Matthew Agius, Malta Today, October 27, 2016" |
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http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/71018/after_spending_nine_months_in_prison_court_overturns_assault_conviction_#.WBar9N1KJhE |
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