Armando Rodriguez Ortiz

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Charge:	First Degree Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	6.4
Year Crime:	2002
Year Convicted:	2003
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Fresno
City of Crime:	Reedley
Result:	Judicially Exonerated (Not released due to other charges.)
Summary of Case:	"Armando Rodriguez Ortiz was wrongly convicted of a double murder committed when was 16. He was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison. Armando Ortiz's convictions were overturned by a Superior Court judge on November 7, 2007 based on new evidence."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Convictions overturned by a Superior Court judge on November 7, 2007."
Defendant Aided By:	Northern California Innocence Project
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	16
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Northern California Innocence Project Secures Exoneration of Fresno Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Santa Clara Law, November 8, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/northern-california-innocence-project-secures-exoneration-of-fresno-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder.cfm
Information Source 2:	"Judge Makes a Surprising Move in Murder Case, KFSN ABC Chnl 30 (Fresno, CA), November 8, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5749403
Information Source 3:	Northern California Innocence Project Exonerees - Armando Ortiz
Information Location 3:	http://law.scu.edu/ncip/exonerees.cfm
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Armando Rodriguez Ortiz

Charge:

First Degree Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

6.4

Year Crime:

2002

Year Convicted:

2003

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Fresno

City of Crime:

Reedley

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (Not released due to other charges.)

Summary of Case:

"Armando Rodriguez Ortiz was wrongly convicted of a double murder committed when was 16. He was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison. Armando Ortiz's convictions were overturned by a Superior Court judge on November 7, 2007 based on new evidence."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Convictions overturned by a Superior Court judge on November 7, 2007."

Defendant Aided By:

Northern California Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Northern California Innocence Project Secures Exoneration of Fresno Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Santa Clara Law, November 8, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://law.scu.edu/news/pr/northern-california-innocence-project-secures-exoneration-of-fresno-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder.cfm

Information Source 2:

"Judge Makes a Surprising Move in Murder Case, KFSN ABC Chnl 30 (Fresno, CA), November 8, 2007"

Information Location 2:

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5749403

Information Source 3:

Northern California Innocence Project Exonerees - Armando Ortiz

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http://law.scu.edu/ncip/exonerees.cfm

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