Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
6 months |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.25 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
City of Crime: |
Houston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Byron Smith |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
33 |
Age When Released: |
33 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
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"Ex Parte Byron Smith, No. WR-85,390-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 7-27-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess any illegal controlled substance.)" |
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