David Jonathan Quindt

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Released Without Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	1.2
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2000
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Sacramento
City of Crime:	Sacramento
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"David Jonathan Quindt was wrongly convicted of murdering of murdering an 18 year old young man on Oct 6, 1998 during the robbery of a house where marijuana was grown. Convicted solely on the word of a 15 year old girl that witnessed the shooting. A known police informant called the prosecutor after Quindt's conviction but before his sentencing and told him that Quindt didn't commit the murder. The informant gave the prosecutor the names of four people involved in the murder. The informant was motivated by a $10,000 reward offered by the dead man's family for information leading to conviction of his killers. The informant's information checked out and the four men were subsequently prosecuted and convicted of being involved in the murder. Quindt's alleged accomplice, 17-year-old Anthony Salcedo was also mis-identified. Alacedo was described by the prosecutor as a vicious "marijuana broker before being released prior to his trial. Quindt's conviction was vacated and he was released on May 22, 2000. On December 23, 2002 David J. Quindt was awarded $17,200 in compensation by California's Victim's Claims Board for his 172 days of incarceration after his conviction."
Conviction Caused By:	Erroneous eyewitness identification by a 15 year old girl that witnessed the shooting
Innocence Proved By:	"Known police informant called the prosecutor after Quindt's conviction but before his sentencing and told him that Quindt didn't commit the murder. The informant gave the prosecutor the names of four people involved in the murder. The informant was motivated by a $10,000 reward offered by the dead man's family for information leading to conviction of his killers. The four men were subsequently prosecuted and convicted."
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:	"$17,200 (State of California, December 23, 2002)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	21
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Playing By the Rules: Even when a prosecutor tries to do everything right, the wrong person may still be convicted, Steve Weinberg, The Center for Public Integrity, June 26, 2003"
Information Location 1:	http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/printer-friendly.aspx?aid=30
Information Source 2:	"Convicting the Wrong Man - Part 1, Gary Delsohn, APF Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2002 "
Information Location 2:	http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2002/Delsohn1/Delsohn.html
Information Source 3:	"Convicting the Wrong Man - Part 2, Gary Delsohn, APF Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2002 "
Information Location 3:	http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2002/Delsohn2/Delsohn.html
Information Source 4:	"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"
Information Location 4:	http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/
Information Source 5:	"In the Matter of the Claim of David J. Quindt, No. G530552, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, December 23, 2002"
Information Location 5:	http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Quindt.pdf
Book About Case:	"The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office, Gary Delsohn, Dutton, August 2003"
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David Jonathan Quindt

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Released Without Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

1.2

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2000

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Sacramento

City of Crime:

Sacramento

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Erroneous eyewitness identification by a 15 year old girl that witnessed the shooting

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$17,200 (State of California, December 23, 2002)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Playing By the Rules: Even when a prosecutor tries to do everything right, the wrong person may still be convicted, Steve Weinberg, The Center for Public Integrity, June 26, 2003"

Information Location 1:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/pm/printer-friendly.aspx?aid=30

Information Source 2:

"Convicting the Wrong Man - Part 1, Gary Delsohn, APF Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2002 "

Information Location 2:

http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2002/Delsohn1/Delsohn.html

Information Source 3:

"Convicting the Wrong Man - Part 2, Gary Delsohn, APF Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2002 "

Information Location 3:

http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2002/Delsohn2/Delsohn.html

Information Source 4:

"Not Guilty After All, San Francisco Magazine, November 2004"

Information Location 4:

http://sanfran.com/archives/view_story/200/

Information Source 5:

"In the Matter of the Claim of David J. Quindt, No. G530552, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, December 23, 2002"

Information Location 5:

http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Quindt.pdf

Book About Case:

"The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office, Gary Delsohn, Dutton, August 2003"

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