Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Falsification (including documents) |
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Year Crime: |
2009 |
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Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ohio |
County or Region of Crime: |
Lorain |
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Lorain |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
David Velez was wrongly convcited of falsification. |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On September 29, 2014 Ohio's Ninth District Court of Appeals reversed David Valez' conviction of the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove he knowingly falsified information to Lorain police Lt. Mark Carpentiere. " |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"State v. Velez, 2014-Ohio-4269 (Vacating conviction based on insufficient evidence.)" |
Information Location 1: |
www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2014/2014-ohio-4269.pdf |
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"Appeals court overturns Lorain city worker conviction, By Adriana Cuevas, The Morning-Journal, September 30, 2014" |
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http://www.morningjournal.com/general-news/20140930/appeals-court-overturns-lorain-city-worker-conviction |
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