Gary Siplin

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	3 years supervised probation
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Year Crime:	2004
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2007
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Florida
County or Region of Crime:	Hillsborough
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Gary Anthony Siplin was wrongly convicted in August 2006 of grand theft, a felony, and the misdemeanor of illegally using three state workers on his 2004 re-election campaign for the Florida state senate. The entire case against Gary Siplin was circumstantial. Siplin was sentenced to three years supervised probation. On December 28, 2007 the Florida 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Siplin's grand theft conviction on the ground of insufficient evidence, thus barring his retrial, and overturned his misdemeanor conviction on the basis that the prosecution failed to provide evidence he had any intent to violate the law."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 28, 2007 the Florida 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Siplin's grand theft conviction on the ground of insufficient evidence, thus barring his retrial, and overturned his misdemeanor conviction on the basis that the prosecution failed to provide evidence he had any intent to violate the law."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Siplin v State of Florida, 972 So. 2d 982, 5D06-4071 (5th Dist Ct of Appeals 12-24-07)"
Information Location 1:	https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1590754/siplin-v-state/?order_by=dateFiled+desc
Information Source 2:	"Senator's conviction is overturned, By Steve Bousquet, St Petersburg Times, December 29, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/29/State/Senator_s_conviction_.shtml
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Gary Siplin

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

3 years supervised probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2004

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Florida

County or Region of Crime:

Hillsborough

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Siplin v State of Florida, 972 So. 2d 982, 5D06-4071 (5th Dist Ct of Appeals 12-24-07)"

Information Location 1:

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1590754/siplin-v-state/?order_by=dateFiled+desc

Information Source 2:

"Senator's conviction is overturned, By Steve Bousquet, St Petersburg Times, December 29, 2007"

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http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/29/State/Senator_s_conviction_.shtml

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