Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale) |
Sentence: |
60 days |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.08 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
City of Crime: |
Houston |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Danny D. Sweat |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
29 |
Age When Released: |
29 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
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"Ex parte Danny D. Sweat, No. WR-75,651-02 (Court of Criminal Appeals, 9-16-2015) (Granting habeas corpus petition based on new forensic testing establishing "the evidence in this case contained no controlled substance.")" |
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