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Duran Dominic Smith

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

3 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.17

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

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:

"Duran Dominic Smith was wrongly convicted in 2014 of possession of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. Daigle was sentenced to 3 months in state jail."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

25

Age When Released:

25

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Duran Dominic Smith, No. WR-85,489-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 8-24-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess any illegal controlled substance.)"

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