Raymond Riley

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	5 yrs - suspended
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Year Crime:	1936
Year Convicted:	1936
Year Cleared:	1948
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Kings
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Raymond Riley was a lawyer wrongly convicted in 1936 of grand larceny for alleging cashing a $235 check from a client and using the proceeds for his own purposes. During his trial Riley introduced a letter that his client, Gladys Dyment, had written to him authorizing him to cash the check and keep the money as partial payment of a $300 loan Riley had made to the estate Dyment was administering. Dyment testified that she hadn't signed the check. Riley was convicted a given a 5 year suspended jail sentence on condition Riley make restitution for the $235, which he did. Riley was disbarred because of his conviction and he didn't have the funds to pursue an appeal of his conviction. In 1948 Riley filed a writ to overturn his conviction on the basis of new evidence the prosecutor had failed to disclose to Riley's trial lawyer that he consulted with a handwriting expert who confirmed the signature on the check was that of Dyment, and he retained a handwriting expert who confirmed that the signature on the check was Dyment's signature. After a hearing the judge ruled that Riley had been deprived of a fair trial in 1936 because if the jury had known signature on the check was genuine it "would have destroyed the probative force of [Miss Dyment's] denial of the authenticity of the signature, which denial undoubtedly influenced the jury." The judge set-aside Riley's conviction and dismissed his indictment."
Conviction Caused By:	Perjury by the alleged victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"After a hearing the judge ruled that Riley had been deprived of a fair trial in 1936 because if the jury had known signature on the check was genuine it "would have destroyed the probative force of [Miss Dyment's] denial of the authenticity of the signature, which denial undoubtedly influenced the jury." The judge set-aside Riley's conviction and dismissed his indictment."
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Compensation Awarded:	No
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 194-196."
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Information Source 2:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 243"
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Raymond Riley

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

5 yrs - suspended

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1936

Year Convicted:

1936

Year Cleared:

1948

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Perjury by the alleged victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"''Not Guilty," Judge Jerome Frank and Barbara Frank, Doubleday, NY, 1957, pp. 194-196."

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 243"

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