Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
90 days in jail |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.17 |
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Year Cleared: |
1962 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
California |
County or Region of Crime: |
Los Angeles |
City of Crime: |
Los Angeles |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Robinson was wrongly convicted of being a narcotics addict without having committed any known criminal act in the State of California. In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 667, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 1421, 8 L.Ed.2d 758 (1962)." |
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"In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 667, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 1421, 8 L.Ed.2d 758 (1962)" |
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"Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 667, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 1421, 8 L.Ed.2d 758 (1962)" |
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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3358010003227436496&q=Triestman+v.+United+States,+124+F.3d+361&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48" |
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