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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Robbery (includes armed robbery) |
Sentence: |
10 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
3.83 |
Year Crime: |
2007 |
Year Convicted: |
2008 |
Year Cleared: |
2012 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
New York |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Martin Nnodimele was wrongly convicted in 2008 of two robberies -- Visio Optics in 2008 and a Caravan clothing store in 2007 -- in Manhattan, New York. Nnodimele's prosecution was based on the investigating detectives' evidence that when shown a wanted poster with the bandit's picture from a surveillance video he allegedly replied: "That's me." Two of three eyewitnesses to the robbery did not select Nnodimele from a line-up. Nnodimele's convictions were vacated on September 12, 2011, he was released on bail on October 24, 2011, and on June 14, 2012 the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's motion to dismiss the charges was granted. In July 2014 the New York Court of Claims awarded Nnodimele's compensation lawsuit for $450,000. In August 2016 the City of New York agreed to settle his federal civil rights lawsuit for $2 million." |
Conviction Caused By: |
Mistaken eyewitness identification by witnesses at the three stores Nnodimele was convicted of robbing. |
Innocence Proved By: |
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Defendant Aided By: |
New York County Conviction Integrity Unit assisted in his exoneration. Nnodimele's civil lawyer was Joel Rudin. |
Compensation Awarded: |
"$2,450,000 total. $450,000 (New York State, July 2014) & $2 million (City of New York, August 2016)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
47 |
Age When Released: |
51 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"NYPD detectives sued for $15 million by construction worker who spent nearly four years in prison for stickups he didn’t commit, By John Marzulli, New York Daily News, July 12, 2013" |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-detectives-sued-15-million-innocent-man-jailed-4-years-article-1.1397632 |
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"Homeless man who spent four years in prison for robberies he didn't commit awarded $2M, By John Marzulli, New York Daily News, August 2, 2016" |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-man-prison-4-years-2m-robberies-didn-commit-article-1.2736096 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org