Earl E. Vick

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Charge:	"Alcohol crime (Incl. illegal manufacturing, possessing, selling or transporting whisky)"
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Year Cleared:	1954
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Fulton
City of Crime:	Atlanta
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Earl E. Vick was wrongly convicted in 1953 of multiple federal charges related to the operation of an unregistered still and possession of alcohol without revenue stamps in Georgia. The trial judge denied Vick's motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the prosecution's case, and the jury convicted him. Vick appealed. On October 29, 1954 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed Vick's convictions and ordered his acquittal based on the prosecution's introduction of insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court's ruling stated: "...his conviction cannot rest upon mere conjecture and suspicion. The evidence does not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and is not sufficient to warrant the jury in so concluding. The judgment is, therefore, reversed with directions to grant the appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal." Vick v. United States, 216 F. 2d 228 (5th Cir. 1954)"
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 29, 1954 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed Vick's convictions and ordered his acquittal based on the prosecution's introduction of insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Information Source 1:	"Vick v. United States, 216 F. 2d 228 (5th Cir. 1954) (Reversing conviction and ordering acquittal based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove guilt of every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt.)"
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Earl E. Vick

Charge:

"Alcohol crime (Incl. illegal manufacturing, possessing, selling or transporting whisky)"

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Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1954

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Fulton

City of Crime:

Atlanta

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 29, 1954 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed Vick's convictions and ordered his acquittal based on the prosecution's introduction of insufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Vick v. United States, 216 F. 2d 228 (5th Cir. 1954) (Reversing conviction and ordering acquittal based on prosecution's failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove guilt of every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt.)"

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5180813679482485625&q=932++F.2d++588++%286th++Cir.++1991%29&hl=en&as_sdt=4,111,126,275,276,280,281,293,294,301,302,303,338,339,343,344,356,357,364,365,366,381"

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