Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Receiving Stolen Property (Incl. theft by receiving stolen property) |
Sentence: |
10 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
2009 |
Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Arkansas |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Robert Lee Thomas Jr. was wrongly convicted in 2009 of receiving stolen property. Rober Thomas Jr. was sentenced to 10 years in prison. On October 26, 2011 the Arkansas Court of Appeals overturned his conviction based on insufficient evidence that he knew the property he was found in possession of was stolen." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On October 26, 2011 the Arkansas Court of Appeals overturned his conviction based on insufficient evidence that he knew the property he was found in possession of was stolen." |
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Information Source 1: |
"Court Overturns Conviction, By John Lyon (staff), Arkansas News Bureau, Times Record, October 27, 2011" |
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http://www.swtimes.com/state_news/article_c402d4c2-00a5-11e1-a148-001cc4c002e0.html |
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