Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs |
Sentence: |
Civil forfeiture |
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Year Crime: |
2005 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Wisconsin |
County or Region of Crime: |
Brown |
City of Crime: |
Green Bay |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Benjamin J. Strohman was wrongly convicted in 2014 of misdemeanor driving under the influence. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On February 3, 2015 the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III, vacated Stohman's conviction because the statute of limitations barred his prosecution in 2014 for his alleged driving violation in 2005, and and ordered dismissal of the charge with prejudice." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"State of Wisconsin v. Benjamin J. Strohman, No. 2014AP1265-CR (Wis. Ct. of Appeals District III, 2-3-2015) (Unpublished opinion vacating conviction on lack of jurisdiction by the trial court and ordered dismissal of the charge with prejudice.)" |
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http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=134124 |
Information Source 2: |
"Swerving path of OWI case results in legal crash for prosecutors, escape for driver, By Bruce Vielmetti (Staff writer), Journal Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI), Feb. 4, 2015" |
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http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/290719901.html |
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