Donte Rollins

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Charge:	Attempted Murder
Sentence:	125 years max.
Years Imprisoned:	10
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2008
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pennsylvania
County or Region of Crime:	Philadelphia
City of Crime:	Philadelphia
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Donte Rollins was wrongly convicted in 2008 of the attempted murder in the shooting of a 6-year-old boy in Philadelphia in January 2006. The boy was rendered a quadriplegic from the shooting. Rollins prosecution was based on an eyewitness. Rollins alibi defense was that at the time of the crime he was several miles from the shooting. After his conviction by a jury Rollins was sentenced to serve a maximum of 125 years in prison. Based on evidence by multiple witnesses, CCTV store surveillance video, store receipts, and cell phone records that was known to his family, but not introduced during his trial even though it established Rollins was several miles from the scene of the shooting, in April 2016 the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office filed a petition to grant Rollins a new trial. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Rayford Means denied the D.A.’s petition for a new trial. The DA's Office appealed. The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the judge's ruling and granted Rollins a new trial. On December 21, 2016 the DA's motion to dismiss the charges against Rollins based on the new evidence supporting his innocence Q6723was granted, and he was released later that day."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 21, 2016 the DA's motion to dismiss the charges against Rollins based on the new evidence supporting his innocence Q6723was granted, and he was released later that day."
Defendant Aided By:	Pennsylvania Innocence Project
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	19
Age When Released:	29
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Philly man who spent decade in prison freed after conviction vacated, By Sam Newhouse, Metro (Philadelphia, PA), December 21, 2016"
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Donte Rollins

Charge:

Attempted Murder

Sentence:

125 years max.

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2008

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pennsylvania

County or Region of Crime:

Philadelphia

City of Crime:

Philadelphia

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 21, 2016 the DA's motion to dismiss the charges against Rollins based on the new evidence supporting his innocence Q6723was granted, and he was released later that day."

Defendant Aided By:

Pennsylvania Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

29

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Philly man who spent decade in prison freed after conviction vacated, By Sam Newhouse, Metro (Philadelphia, PA), December 21, 2016"

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http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/philly-man-who-spent-decade-in-prison-freed-after-conviction-vacated/zsJplu---4X7PwZegaR2/

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