Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)" |
Sentence: |
5 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
4.08 |
Year Crime: |
1994 |
Year Convicted: |
1995 |
Year Cleared: |
1999 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Michigan |
County or Region of Crime: |
Branch |
City of Crime: |
Coldwater |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Michael Thorn |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
47 |
Age When Released: |
51 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"People v. Michael Roland Thorn, 461 Mich. 915 (Mich. 1999) ("Under the unique circumstances of this case, we find that there was an actual conflict of interest in the joint representation and that because of the effect of that conflict the defendant should be afforded a new trial.")" |
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https://casetext.com/case/people-v-thorn-12 |
Information Source 2: |
"People v. Michael Roland Thorn, No. 187322 (MI Ct. of Appeals, 5-19-1998)" |
Information Location 2: |
http://statecasefiles.justia.com/documents/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/19980519_C186698(0055)_186698.OPN.PDF |
Information Source 3: |
"Michael Roland Thorn, Docket Case No. 187322, Michigan Ct of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court, www.courts.mi.gov" |
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http://courts.mi.gov/opinions_orders/Pages/CaseInquiry.aspx?SearchType=1&CaseNumber=187322&CourtType_CaseNumber=2 |
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