Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs |
Sentence: |
1 year |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.5 |
Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2013 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ohio |
County or Region of Crime: |
Hamilton |
City of Crime: |
Montgomery |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Clinton Richardson was was wrongly convicted in 2013 after a bench trial in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas of operating a vehicle on October 31, 2012 while under the influence of drugs or alcohol (prior felony OVI within 20 years/test refusal), a third-degree felony, and endangering children, a first-degree misdemeanor. Richardson was sentenced to one year in prison. Richardson appealed. On March 4, 2015 the Ohio Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Montgomery County, vacated Richardson's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insuffiicent evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of either charge." |
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"On March 4, 2015 the Ohio Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Montgomery County, vacated Richardson's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insuffiicent evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of either charge." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"State v. Richardson, No. 26191 (Ohio Ct. of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Montgomery County, 3-4-2015) (Reversing convictions on basis of insufficient evidence.)" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/2/2015/2015-Ohio-757.pdf |
Information Source 2: |
"Court overturns mans OVI conviction, By Jill Drury, WDTN-TV (Dayton, Ohio), March 6, 2015" |
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http://wdtn.com/2015/03/06/court-overturns-mans-ovi-conviction/ |
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