Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Tampering with government document |
Sentence: |
4 years probation |
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Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Montgomery |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Jessica Sekerka Siegel was wrongly convicted of tampering with a government document or record in Montgomery County, Texas. " |
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"On June 24, 2015 the Texas 9th District Court of Appeals reversed Siegel's conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and rendered a judgment of acquittal. The appeals court determined the form she was convicted of tampering with by making a false entry was not a government form at the time she filled it out, so she couldn't have committed the crime of tampering with a government document or record." |
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Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Jessica Sekerka Siegel v. The State of Texas, No. 09-13-00536-CR (Texas 9th Dist. Ct. of Appeals, 6-24-2015) (Conviction reversed based on insufficient evidence and rendered a judgment of acquittal.)" |
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http://www.search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=ab802cbc-842e-4deb-9ff4-14aaaace7742&coa=coa09&DT=Opinion&MediaID=578e6a2b-7b57-4c22-93ca-6946b1a7b540 |
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"Siegels conviction overturned by appellate court, By Jay R. Jordan, The Courier (Conroy, Texas), June 24, 2015" |
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http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/siegel-s-conviction-overturned-by-appellate-court/article_035218c6-d178-5f97-8c08-f5dd8e295fd5.html |
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