George B. Slyter

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
Years Imprisoned:	0.5
Year Crime:	1931
Year Convicted:	1931
Year Cleared:	1931
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Minnesota
County or Region of Crime:	Hennepin
City of Crime:	Minneapolis
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 1931 of the armed robbery of about $50 from an auto garage in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 18, 1931. George Slyter was convicted based on the eyewitness identification of the robbed man who was certain he was one of the two robbers. Slyter's alibi was he was that at the time of the crime he was at a St. Patrick's Day party with his mother and sister. The jury disregarded his alibi and convicted him after deliberating for several hours. Slyter had the record of an attempted robbery conviction, so at his sentencing he was expected to be given a sentence of 10 to 80 years in prison. The night before Slyter's sentencing the garage was again robbed by the same person that the witness had identified was Slyter. Based on the new evidence the prosecution made a motion for the striking of Slyter's conviction. Slyter was freed when the judge granted the prosecution's motion."
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error by the robbery victim.
Innocence Proved By:	Trial judge vacated Slyter's conviction prior to sentencing when it was discovered another person was the actual culprit.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
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George B. Slyter

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

1931

Year Convicted:

1931

Year Cleared:

1931

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Minnesota

County or Region of Crime:

Hennepin

City of Crime:

Minneapolis

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error by the robbery victim.

Innocence Proved By:

Trial judge vacated Slyter's conviction prior to sentencing when it was discovered another person was the actual culprit.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Age When Released:

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Male

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"Convicting the Innocent - Sixty-Five Actual Errors of Criminal Justice, by Edwin Borchard, Yale Univ Press, 1932"

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