Michael Nowacki

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Charge:	Harassment criminal (incl. Aggravated)
Sentence:	15 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	2010
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Connecticut
County or Region of Crime:	Fairfield
City of Crime:	New Canaan
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael Nowacki was wrongly convicted in 2012 of harassing his nanny and violating a protective order in New Canaan, Connecticut. Nowacki was sentenced to 15 months in prison, but his sentence was stayed pending the outcome of his appeal. On March 10, 2015 the Connecticut Court of Appeals issued its ruling ordering Nowacki's acquittal of criminal harassment because it was based on the contents of an email that didn't express any threat, and its contents were protected speech under the First Amendment. Nowacki's conviction of violating a protective order was reversed because the trial judge's evidentiary rulings barring the testimony of a key defense witness about the content and why the email was sent prevented a "meaningful defense" by Nowacki, and the court ordered his retrial on that charge. The State declined to retry Nowacki on the protective order charge, and on May 6, 2015 the Fairfield DA Office's motion to dismiss was granted."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On March 10, 2015 the Connecticut Court of Appeals acquitted of criminal harassment because it was based on violating what was in fact a non-existent protective order."
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Age When Imprisoned:	59
Age When Released:	60
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Nowacki, No. AC34577 (Ct. Ct. of Appeals, 3-10-2015) (Reversing both convictions, ordering acquittal of harassment conviction, and ordering new trial of violating a protective order.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP155/155AP196.pdf
Information Source 2:	"New Canaan man wins on appeal: Conviction reversed, acquitted of harassment, By John Nickerson, New Canaan News, March 4, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.newcanaannewsonline.com/news/article/New-Canaan-man-wins-on-appeal-Conviction-6114942.php
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Michael Nowacki

Charge:

Harassment criminal (incl. Aggravated)

Sentence:

15 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Connecticut

County or Region of Crime:

Fairfield

City of Crime:

New Canaan

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 10, 2015 the Connecticut Court of Appeals acquitted of criminal harassment because it was based on violating what was in fact a non-existent protective order."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

59

Age When Released:

60

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Nowacki, No. AC34577 (Ct. Ct. of Appeals, 3-10-2015) (Reversing both convictions, ordering acquittal of harassment conviction, and ordering new trial of violating a protective order.)"

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http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/Cases/AROap/AP155/155AP196.pdf

Information Source 2:

"New Canaan man wins on appeal: Conviction reversed, acquitted of harassment, By John Nickerson, New Canaan News, March 4, 2015"

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http://www.newcanaannewsonline.com/news/article/New-Canaan-man-wins-on-appeal-Conviction-6114942.php

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