Ray Valentine

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Charge:	Resisting Police
Sentence:	110 days
Years Imprisoned:	0.25
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Contra Costa
City of Crime:	Concord
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ray Valentine was wrongly convicted on January 17, 2014 of the misdemeanors of evading and resisting a police officer in Concord, California on July 14, 2013. After his conviction by a jury, Valentine was sentenced to serve 110 days in jail, with credit for the 55 days he had served before trial. He was released in February 2014. Four months later the arresting officer pled no contest to stealing prescription drugs from seniors. Valentine appealed his conviction. In March 2015 the California Court of Appeals reversed Valentine's conviction and ordered dismissal of the charges, without oppostion by the Contra Costa DA's Office. On June 19, 2015 the Contra Costa DA's Motion to dismiss the charges was granted. In March 2016 Valentine filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Concord and one of its police officers for violating his constitutional rights and using excessive force for allowing a police dog to "maul" him without cause."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In March 2015 the California Court of Appeals reversed Valentine's conviction and ordered dismissal of the charges, without oppostion by the Contra Costa DA's Office. On June 19, 2015 the Contra Costa DA's Motion to dismiss the charges was granted."
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Age When Imprisoned:	56
Age When Released:	56
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Former Concord police officer sued for excessive force, By Lisa P. White, Times-Standard, March 17, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.times-standard.com/general-news/20160317/former-concord-police-officer-sued-for-excessive-force
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Ray Valentine

Charge:

Resisting Police

Sentence:

110 days

Years Imprisoned:

0.25

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Contra Costa

City of Crime:

Concord

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In March 2015 the California Court of Appeals reversed Valentine's conviction and ordered dismissal of the charges, without oppostion by the Contra Costa DA's Office. On June 19, 2015 the Contra Costa DA's Motion to dismiss the charges was granted."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

56

Age When Released:

56

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Former Concord police officer sued for excessive force, By Lisa P. White, Times-Standard, March 17, 2016"

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http://www.times-standard.com/general-news/20160317/former-concord-police-officer-sued-for-excessive-force

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