Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
10 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
1.5 |
Year Crime: |
2012 |
Year Convicted: |
2012 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Kentucky |
County or Region of Crime: |
Daviess |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Perry Michael Scroggins was wrongly convicted in 2012 of drug charges in Kentucky based on his guilty plea. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On October 17, 2014 the Kentucky Court of Appeals vacated Perry Michael Scroggins conviction and ordered dismissal of his charges on the ground that his right to a speedy trial had been violated by his return to Indiana on a detainer before he was tried in Kentucky." |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
40 |
Age When Released: |
42 |
Sex: |
Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Perry Michael Scroggins v. Kentucky, No. 2013-CA-000579-MR (KY Ct. of Appeals, 10-17-2014) (Vacating conviction and ordering dismissal of charges)" |
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http://apps.kycourts.net/Supreme/SC_Opinions.shtm |
Information Source 2: |
"Court of Appeals overturns meth case conviction, By James Mayse (Staff writer), Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY), October 26, 2014" |
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http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/court-of-appeals-overturns-meth-case-conviction/article_4f405c14-f0f0-5fc0-8f6f-b44392a38285.html |
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