Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Conspiracy to violate one or more laws. |
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2-1/2 years |
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Year Convicted: |
1996 |
Year Cleared: |
2000 |
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California - Federal Case |
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Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Roy D. Reagan was codefendant of Fred Fuchs. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled improper jury instructions permitted a verdict unsupported by the evidence and that their convictions were was a miscarriage of justice. |
Conviction Caused By: |
Erroneous jury instructions that didn't allow the jury to consider the defendant's innocence.. |
Innocence Proved By: |
"Appeals Court ruled the defendants, particularly Fuchs, were not involved in an effort to defraud the Government, but were perhaps careless in dotting the administrative "i's" they encountered. Allowing defendants' convictions to stand, given the likelihood that the jury may not have convicted had they been properly instructed, would be a "miscarriage of justice."" [at 963]" |
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Male |
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White |
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"U.S. v. Fuchs, 218 F.3d 957 (9th Cir. 2000)" |
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