Jesse Burton Spry III

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Charge:	Extortion
Sentence:	Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing
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Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Policeman Jesse Spry was convicted of extortion in September 2007 for demanding, and being paid $8,200 from a man who reported finding Spry's stolen 1984 Jeep CJ-7. After the man reported finding the vehicle near his home in May 2006, Spry and five of fellow Virginia Beach, Virginia police officers went to the man's home, handcuffed him, and demanded he pay Spry $8,200 or he would be arrested for stealing the vehicle. The man agreed to pay, and after he was released he filed a complaint with the police department. Spry was charged with extortion. The jury that convicted Spry recommended he serve a six month jail sentence and pay a $2,500 fine. Spry was released on bail pending sentencing. However, nine months after Spry's conviction and prior to his sentencing, on June 3, 2008 trial Judge A. Joseph Canada granted a defense motion to set-aside the jury's verdict. Judge Canada ruled that the State had provided insufficient evidence of Spry's guilt. It was the first time in 13 years on the bench that Judge Canada had set-aside a jury's verdict. Spry, a 28-year veteran of the police force, retired after he was charged. He had not spent any time in jail at the time his conviction was set-aside."
Conviction Caused By:	Testimony of the extortion victim.
Innocence Proved By:	"Nine months after Spry's conviction and prior to his sentencing, on June 3, 2008 trial Judge A. Joseph Canada granted a defense motion to set-aside the jury's verdict on the basis that the State had not provided sufficient evidence of Spry's guilt."
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Information Source 1:	"Virginia Beach police officer's conviction dismissed by judge, Staff writers, The Virginian-Pilot, June 4, 2008."
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Jesse Burton Spry III

Charge:

Extortion

Sentence:

Exonerated After Conviction But Prior to Sentencing

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Testimony of the extortion victim.

Innocence Proved By:

"Nine months after Spry's conviction and prior to his sentencing, on June 3, 2008 trial Judge A. Joseph Canada granted a defense motion to set-aside the jury's verdict on the basis that the State had not provided sufficient evidence of Spry's guilt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Virginia Beach police officer's conviction dismissed by judge, Staff writers, The Virginian-Pilot, June 4, 2008."

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http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/virginia-beach-police-officers-conviction-dismissed-judge

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