Kevin Velasquez

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Charge:	Drug Related (Possession or sale)
Sentence:	2 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kevin Velasquez was wrongly convicted of possession of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. Velasquez was sentenced to 2 years in prison. A post-conviction analysis of the substance showed that the substance in his possession was a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved substance. Based on the new evidence Velasquez filed a habeas corpus petition that the trial judge recommended by granted. On September 21, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Velasquez' petition."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 21, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Velasquez' petition."
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Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Kevin Velasquez, No. WR-85,601-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 9-21-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess an illegal controlled substance.)"
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Kevin Velasquez

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 21, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Velasquez' petition."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Kevin Velasquez, No. WR-85,601-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 9-21-2016) (Granting habeas corpus petition on the basis of new forensic evidence he did not possess an illegal controlled substance.)"

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