Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Homicide (criminally negligent) |
Sentence: |
1 to 3 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.33 |
Year Crime: |
1984 |
Year Convicted: |
1986 |
Year Cleared: |
1988 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Kings |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
Richard Paris |
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Innocence Proved By: |
The Supreme Court Appellate Division reversed Paris's conviction and ordered dismissal of the charge on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"People v. Paris, 138 A.D.2d 534, 525 N.Y.S.2d 913 (2d Dep't 1988) (reversing the conviction of criminally negligent homicide, vacating the sentence thereon, and dismissing that count of the indictment.)" |
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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15159163977503835122&q=138+A.D.2d+534,+525+N.Y.S.2d+913&hl=en&as_sdt=4,33,75,99,107,122,138,162,286,287,288,289,349,350,351,352,380" |
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"Innocent: Inside Wrongful Conviction Cases, By Scott Christianson, New York University Press, 2004, p. 181" |
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