Sidney Verbal II

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Charge:	Contempt of Court
Sentence:	2 days
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Year Crime:	1978
Year Convicted:	1978
Year Cleared:	1979
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	North Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Mecklenburg
City of Crime:	Charlotte
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Sidney Verbal II was an attorney wrongly convicted in 1978 of direct contempt of court for being 18 minutes late during the trial of a client in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. After a summary proceeding during which the trial judge found Verbal guilty, he was sentenced to two days in jail. Verbal appealed. On May 15, 1979 the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed Verbal's conviction on the basis the trial judge failed to provide notice of the charges, an opportunity to respond, to make a finding of facts supporting Verbal's conviction, or state that the evidence established his guilt beond a reasonable doubt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 15, 1979 the North Carolina Court of Appeals unanimously reversed Verbal's conviction on the basis the trial judge failed to provide notice of the charges, an opportunity to respond, to make a finding of facts supporting Verbal's conviction, or state that the evidence established his guilt beond a reasonable doubt."
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Information Source 1:	"State v. Verbal, 254 SE 2d 794 (NC Court of Appeals 1979) (Reversing conviction based on judge's failure to comply with due process, and to find Verbal guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Sidney Verbal II

Charge:

Contempt of Court

Sentence:

2 days

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1978

Year Convicted:

1978

Year Cleared:

1979

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

North Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Mecklenburg

City of Crime:

Charlotte

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"State v. Verbal, 254 SE 2d 794 (NC Court of Appeals 1979) (Reversing conviction based on judge's failure to comply with due process, and to find Verbal guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16705731659558844449&q=State++v.++Ford+,++164++N.C.++App.++566++596++S.E.2d++846++%282004%29&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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