J. C. Strickland

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	1939
Year Convicted:	1939
Year Cleared:	1940
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Cherokee
City of Crime:	Bullard
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	J. C. Strickland was codefendant of Samuel Curbow. The two men were wrongly convicted of robbery in January 1939 by a jury based on the erroneous eyewitness identification of the two men as the robbers. Neither man was appointed a lawyer. Pardoned by Texas Governor Lee O'Daniels in April 1940 after the actual culprits confessed. No compensation was paid.
Conviction Caused By:	Eyewitness error and lack of a defense lawyer appointed.
Innocence Proved By:	"The eyewitness retracted their identification of Curbow 18 months after his conviction, and the actual cuprit confessed. Pardoned by Texas Gov O'Daniels."
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Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Native American (Indian)
Information Source 1:	"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 249"
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J. C. Strickland

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

1939

Year Convicted:

1939

Year Cleared:

1940

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Cherokee

City of Crime:

Bullard

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Eyewitness error and lack of a defense lawyer appointed.

Innocence Proved By:

"The eyewitness retracted their identification of Curbow 18 months after his conviction, and the actual cuprit confessed. Pardoned by Texas Gov O'Daniels."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Native American (Indian)

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"The Innocents, Edward Radin,William Morrow & Co., 1964, p. 249"

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