John Taleo

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Charge:	Driving Recklessly or Dangerously
Sentence:	"5 months or Vt20,000 & 3 months or Vt15,000"
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Year Crime:	2015
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Vanuatu
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"John Taleo was wrongly convicted in January 2015 of Careless driving contrary to section 14 of Vanuatu's Road Traffic Control Act [CAP 29], and Reckless driving contrary to section 13 of the Road Traffic Control Act. Taleo's prosecution was based on the testimony of a police officer who gave expert testimony about the scene of a crash that Taleo was involved in, and drew a sketch map of the scene to visualize his testimony. After his convictions Taleo was sentenced for count 1 to pay Vt15,000 fine or 3 months imprisonment, and for count 2 to pay Vt20,000 or 5 months imprisonment. Taleo appealed. In November 2016 the Vanuatu Supreme Court quashed Taleo's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred in admitting the inadmissible testimony of the police officer who was not a traffic expert."
Conviction Caused By:	Inadmissible expert testimony by a non-expert.
Innocence Proved By:	In November 2016 the Vanuatu Supreme Court quashed Taleo's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred in admitting the inadmissible testimony of the police officer who was not a traffic expert.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Taleo v Public Prosecutor, Supreme Court Criminal Appeal Case 140 of 2016 (Vanuatu Sup. Ct.) (Quashing conviction based on insufficient evidence.)"
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Information Source 2:	"Conviction Quashed, By Thompson Marando (Staff), Vanuatu Daily Post, November 9, 2016"
Information Location 2:	http://dailypost.vu/news/conviction-quashed/article_a8bd72d7-9516-5369-9574-d3b898e11fa8.html
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John Taleo

Charge:

Driving Recklessly or Dangerously

Sentence:

"5 months or Vt20,000 & 3 months or Vt15,000"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2015

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Vanuatu

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Inadmissible expert testimony by a non-expert.

Innocence Proved By:

In November 2016 the Vanuatu Supreme Court quashed Taleo's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred in admitting the inadmissible testimony of the police officer who was not a traffic expert.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Taleo v Public Prosecutor, Supreme Court Criminal Appeal Case 140 of 2016 (Vanuatu Sup. Ct.) (Quashing conviction based on insufficient evidence.)"

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Information Source 2:

"Conviction Quashed, By Thompson Marando (Staff), Vanuatu Daily Post, November 9, 2016"

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http://dailypost.vu/news/conviction-quashed/article_a8bd72d7-9516-5369-9574-d3b898e11fa8.html

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