Trina Gevette Sanders

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	2 years
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Galveston
City of Crime:	Galveston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Trina Gevette Sanders was wrongly convicted in 2014 of possessing codeine in Galveston, Texas. Trina Sanders pled guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison. On July 29, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Sanders' habeas corpus writ and set-aside her conviction based on the "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that she did not possess any codeine.""
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Innocence Proved By:	"On July 29, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Sanders' habeas corpus writ and set-aside her conviction based on the "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that she did not possess any codeine.""
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Compensation Awarded:	"$46,666.67 lump sum payment plus $232.13 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 12-14-2015)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	49
Age When Released:	50
Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Trina Gevette Sanders, No. WR-83,439-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 7-29-2015) (Granting habeas writ based on new scientific evidence.)"
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Trina Gevette Sanders

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Galveston

City of Crime:

Galveston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On July 29, 2015 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Sanders' habeas corpus writ and set-aside her conviction based on the "newly discovered laboratory analysis in this case reflects that she did not possess any codeine.""

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"$46,666.67 lump sum payment plus $232.13 monthly annuity (State of Texas, 12-14-2015)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

49

Age When Released:

50

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Trina Gevette Sanders, No. WR-83,439-01 (TX Ct. of Crim. Appeals, 7-29-2015) (Granting habeas writ based on new scientific evidence.)"

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