Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Indecent Assault (Incl. aggravated) |
Sentence: |
2 yrs (18 month min.) |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.25 |
Year Crime: |
1981 |
Year Convicted: |
1998 |
Year Cleared: |
1999 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Australia |
County or Region of Crime: |
New South Wales |
City of Crime: |
Carlingford |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Stephen Joseph Robinson |
Conviction Caused By: |
"Unreliable testimony by the victim who had allegedly been "victimized" 17 years before." |
Innocence Proved By: |
"On July 2, 1999 the New South Wales Criminal Court of Appeals quashed Stephen Robinson's convictions and ordered his acquittal." |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
Regina v Robinson [1999] NSWCCA 172 (2 July 1999) (Quashing convictions and ordering acquittal) |
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http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCCA/1999/172.html |
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