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Byron Smith

 

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?

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

33

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"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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