Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Improper photography (without consent) |
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Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Hays |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Jonathan Matthew Porterie was wrongly convicted of violating Texas' improper photography statute in Hays County, Texas. On March 27, 2015 the Texas Court of Appeals reversed Jonathan Porterie's improper photography conviction based on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that statute was unconstitutional. The Hays County District Attorney did not oppose reversing Porterie's conviction." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On March 27, 2015 the Texas Court of Appeals reversed Jonathan Porterie's improper photography conviction based on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that statute was unconstitutional." |
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Male |
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Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Porterie v. State, Nos. 03-14-00214-CR (Tex. Court of Appeals, 3rd Dist. 3-27-2015) (Reversing improper photography conviction based on unconstitutionality of statute.)" |
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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8043501948961130990&q=Ex+parte+Chance&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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