Ernest Smith

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
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Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted in September 2006 of possessing a controlled substance (crack cocaine) based on the perjured testimony of a police officer. In December 2006 the charges were dismissed against Ernest Smith.
Conviction Caused By:	"Perjury by the prosecution's key witness, a policeman."
Innocence Proved By:	Charges dismissed in December 2006.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Authorities Investigating Whether Officer Lied In Drug Case, KXAN-TV (Austin TX), December 8, 2006"
Information Location 1:	http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=5789939&ClientType=Printable
Information Source 2:	"Drug conviction thrown out by judge; officer under investigation, By Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Stateman, December 10, 2006"
Information Location 2:	http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/10/10officer.html
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Ernest Smith

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Wrongly convicted in September 2006 of possessing a controlled substance (crack cocaine) based on the perjured testimony of a police officer. In December 2006 the charges were dismissed against Ernest Smith.

Conviction Caused By:

"Perjury by the prosecution's key witness, a policeman."

Innocence Proved By:

Charges dismissed in December 2006.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Authorities Investigating Whether Officer Lied In Drug Case, KXAN-TV (Austin TX), December 8, 2006"

Information Location 1:

http://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=5789939&ClientType=Printable

Information Source 2:

"Drug conviction thrown out by judge; officer under investigation, By Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Stateman, December 10, 2006"

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/10/10officer.html

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