Ernest Harold Pitt (Mail fraud conviction)

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Charge:	Mail Fraud
Sentence:	"1 year and 1 day in prison & $90,000 fine and restitution"
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Forsyth
City of Crime:	Winston-Salem
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ernest Harold Pitt's mail fraud conviction was overturned by the federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on June 1, 2012. On December 18, 2013 U.S.District Court Judge Malcolm J. Howard for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued an Order For Dismissal that had been submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 18, 2013 the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued an Order For Dismissal that had been submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"U.S.A. v. Ernest Harold Pitt, No. 1:08CR325-1 (USDC MD NC) Order For Dismissal, 12-18-2013"
Information Location 1:	https://ecf.ncmd.uscourts.gov/doc1/13311864537
Information Source 2:	"U.S.A. v. Ernest Harold Pitt, No. 094724 (4th Cir., 6-1-2012)"
Information Location 2:	http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/094724.U.pdf
Information Source 3:	"Federal appeals court overturns conviction of former Housing Authority chairman, By Michael Hewlett (staff), Winston-Salem Journal, June 1, 2012"
Information Location 3:	http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/jun/01/1/federal-appeals-court-overturns-conviction-of-form-ar-2325076/
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Ernest Harold Pitt (Mail fraud conviction)

Charge:

Mail Fraud

Sentence:

"1 year and 1 day in prison & $90,000 fine and restitution"

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Forsyth

City of Crime:

Winston-Salem

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 18, 2013 the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued an Order For Dismissal that had been submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"U.S.A. v. Ernest Harold Pitt, No. 1:08CR325-1 (USDC MD NC) Order For Dismissal, 12-18-2013"

Information Location 1:

https://ecf.ncmd.uscourts.gov/doc1/13311864537

Information Source 2:

"U.S.A. v. Ernest Harold Pitt, No. 094724 (4th Cir., 6-1-2012)"

Information Location 2:

http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/094724.U.pdf

Information Source 3:

"Federal appeals court overturns conviction of former Housing Authority chairman, By Michael Hewlett (staff), Winston-Salem Journal, June 1, 2012"

Information Location 3:

http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/jun/01/1/federal-appeals-court-overturns-conviction-of-form-ar-2325076/

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