Deon Sams

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Charge:	Official Misconduct
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Illinois
County or Region of Crime:	DuPage
City of Crime:	Villa Park
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Deon Sams was wrongly convicted in November 2014 of official misconduct related to a sexual encounter he had with a woman on March 24, 2012 at a hotel in Villa Park, Illinois. Sams was a police officer in Maywood, Illinois, and earlier that night the woman had been arrested and charged with drunk driving. After she was released Sams and the woman went to a hotel and engaged in sexual relations. The woman accused Sams of sexual assault, but he was acquitted in November 2014 after a bench trial. However, he was found guilty of official misconduct. Prior to his sentencing Sams filed a post-verdict motion for a new trial that his conduct didn't meet the standard for offiical misconduct. Sams' lawyer argued that he had, at worst, only violated Maywood Police Department regulations, and had not broken any state law that would trigger an official misconduct charge. On Febuary 17, 2015 DuPage County Judge George Bakalis granted Sims' post-verdict motion and acquitted him of official misconduct."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On Febuary 17, 2015 DuPage County Judge George Bakalis granted Sims' post-verdict motion and acquitted him of official misconduct."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Official misconduct conviction overturned for Maywood cop, By Justin Kmitch (Staff writer), Daily Herald, February 18, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150217/news/150218919/
Information Source 2:	"Ex-Maywood cop's misconduct conviction is dismissed by DuPage judge, By Clifford Ward (Staff writer, Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/crime/ct-oak-maywood-cop-dupage-tl-0226-20150218-story.html
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Deon Sams

Charge:

Official Misconduct

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Illinois

County or Region of Crime:

DuPage

City of Crime:

Villa Park

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On Febuary 17, 2015 DuPage County Judge George Bakalis granted Sims' post-verdict motion and acquitted him of official misconduct."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Official misconduct conviction overturned for Maywood cop, By Justin Kmitch (Staff writer), Daily Herald, February 18, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150217/news/150218919/

Information Source 2:

"Ex-Maywood cop's misconduct conviction is dismissed by DuPage judge, By Clifford Ward (Staff writer, Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/crime/ct-oak-maywood-cop-dupage-tl-0226-20150218-story.html

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