Angel Ramos

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	25 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	3
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Year Convicted:	1983
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	New York
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Angel Ramos
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge failed to give a required jury instruction that would have allowed the jury to acquit Ramos.
Innocence Proved By:	"On January 2, 1986 the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division overturned Ramos' conviction and ordered a new trial based on prosecution's concession the trial judge prejudicially erred by failing to give a jury instruction allowing the jury to acquit if they couldn't determine he fired the fatal shot. Ramos was acquitted after a retrial."
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Angel Ramos, 116 A.D.2d 462, 496 N.Y.S.2d 443 (1st Dep't 1986) (reversing murder conviction)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2446559236321849668&q=116+A.D.2d+462,+496+N.Y.S.2d+443&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 2:	"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 825"
Information Location 2:	http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions
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Angel Ramos

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

25 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

3

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1983

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

New York

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Angel Ramos

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge failed to give a required jury instruction that would have allowed the jury to acquit Ramos.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"People v. Angel Ramos, 116 A.D.2d 462, 496 N.Y.S.2d 443 (1st Dep't 1986) (reversing murder conviction)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2446559236321849668&q=116+A.D.2d+462,+496+N.Y.S.2d+443&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

Information Source 2:

"Inevitable Error: Wrongful New York State Homicide Convictions, 1965-1988, by Marty I. Rosenbaum, 18 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 807, 825"

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http://deskovic.org/research/article/id/Inevitable-Error-Wrongful-New-York-State-Homicide-Convictions

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