Robert John Sharpley

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Charge:	Manslaughter
Sentence:	8 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Australia
County or Region of Crime:	Queensland
City of Crime:	Toowoomba
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Robert John Sharpley was wrongly convicted of the 2009 death of a man found on a footpath in Toowoomba. He testified he encountered the victim and they had blows and after defending himself in self-defense he left and Sharpley was alive. After his conviction in 2010 by a jury he was sentenced to eight years in prison. On June 15, 2011 the Queensland Court of Appeals quashed his conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis there was insufficient evidence to prove how the victim died or if Sharpley had anything to do with it."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 15, 2011 the Queensland Court of Appeals quashed his conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis there was insufficient evidence to prove how the man died or if Sharpley had anything to do with the man's death."
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Age When Imprisoned:	26
Age When Released:	27
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Man jailed over death of man in street fight acquitted on appeal, By Mark Oberhardt (staff), The Courier-Mail, June 15, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/man-jailed-over-death-of-man-in-street-fight-acquitted-on-appeal/story-e6freoof-1226075386058
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Robert John Sharpley

Charge:

Manslaughter

Sentence:

8 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Australia

County or Region of Crime:

Queensland

City of Crime:

Toowoomba

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 15, 2011 the Queensland Court of Appeals quashed his conviction and ordered his acquittal on the basis there was insufficient evidence to prove how the man died or if Sharpley had anything to do with the man's death."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

26

Age When Released:

27

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Man jailed over death of man in street fight acquitted on appeal, By Mark Oberhardt (staff), The Courier-Mail, June 15, 2011"

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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/man-jailed-over-death-of-man-in-street-fight-acquitted-on-appeal/story-e6freoof-1226075386058

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