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Jessica Sekerka Siegel

 

Charge:

Tampering with government document

Sentence:

4 years probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Montgomery

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Jessica Sekerka Siegel was wrongly convicted of tampering with a government document or record in Montgomery County, Texas. "

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"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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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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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.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=ab802cbc-842e-4deb-9ff4-14aaaace7742&coa=coa09&DT=Opinion&MediaID=578e6a2b-7b57-4c22-93ca-6946b1a7b540

Information Source 2:

"Siegel’s conviction overturned by appellate court, By Jay R. Jordan, The Courier (Conroy, Texas), June 24, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/siegel-s-conviction-overturned-by-appellate-court/article_035218c6-d178-5f97-8c08-f5dd8e295fd5.html

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