Michael David Phillips (2nd prosecution)

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Charge:	Sex offender (including failure to register as s/o)
Sentence:	6 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Dallas
City of Crime:	Dallas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Michael David Phillips was wrongly convicted of two separate crimes 14 years apart. Michael Phillips was wrongly convicted of sexual assault in 2000, and of failing to register as a sex offender in 2004."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 6, 2014 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Michael Phillips' habeas corpus petition vacating his sexual assualt conviction based on new DNA evidence he did not commit the crime, and vacating his failure to register as a sex offender conviction based on it was predicated on his sexual assault conviction."
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Age When Imprisoned:	46
Age When Released:	46
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Barry Demings, No. WR-59,591-03 & WR-59,591-04 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 8-6-2014) (Granting habeas corpus petition based on new evidence of Phillips actual innocence of his 1990 conviction which was the predicate for his 2004 conviction.)"
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Michael David Phillips (2nd prosecution)

Charge:

Sex offender (including failure to register as s/o)

Sentence:

6 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Dallas

City of Crime:

Dallas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Michael David Phillips was wrongly convicted of two separate crimes 14 years apart. Michael Phillips was wrongly convicted of sexual assault in 2000, and of failing to register as a sex offender in 2004."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

46

Age When Released:

46

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Barry Demings, No. WR-59,591-03 & WR-59,591-04 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 8-6-2014) (Granting habeas corpus petition based on new evidence of Phillips actual innocence of his 1990 conviction which was the predicate for his 2004 conviction.)"

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http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2014/wr-59-591-04.html

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