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Kristine Voycik

 

Charge:

"Fraud (passing bad checks, documents, casino, bankrupcy, etc.)"

Sentence:

"1 year probation & $5,088 fines and restitution"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Sanilac

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Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Kristine Voycik was convicted in 1995 of welfare fraud of $500 or less in Sanilac County, Michigan. Voycik was sentenced to 1 year probation and payment of $5,088 in fines and restitution. Kristine Voycik was pardoned by Michigan's governor on October 26, 2010. An executive pardon in Michigan erases a conviction and restores the pardoned person's presumption of innocence the same as a court order vacating a conviction. The Michigan Court of Appeal stated in People v. Van Heck, 252 Mich. App. 207, 651 NW 2d 174 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 9-24-2002): "As our Supreme Court has observed, such an act of clemency "`reaches both the punishment prescribed for the offense and the guilt of the offender. It releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had never committed the offense.'" People v. Stickle, 156 Mich. 557, 564, 121 N.W. 497 (1909), quoting People, ex rel. Forsyth v. Court of Sessions of Monroe County, 141 N.Y. 288, 294-295, 36 N.E. 386 (1894)."

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"Kristine Voycik was pardoned by Michigan's governor on October 26, 2010. An executive pardon in Michigan erases a conviction and restores the pardoned person's presumption of innocence the same as a court order vacating a conviction. The Michigan Court of Appeal stated in People v. Van Heck, 252 Mich. App. 207, 651 NW 2d 174 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 9-24-2002): "As our Supreme Court has observed, such an act of clemency "`reaches both the punishment prescribed for the offense and the guilt of the offender. It releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had never committed the offense.'" People v. Stickle, 156 Mich. 557, 564, 121 N.W. 497 (1909), quoting People, ex rel. Forsyth v. Court of Sessions of Monroe County, 141 N.Y. 288, 294-295, 36 N.E. 386 (1894)."

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Female

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"Pardons Approved By Governor, 1/1/1969 to 4/30/2015, Mich. Dept. of Corr., Office of the Parole and Commutation Board (List of 69 pardoned individuals sent to Hans Sherrer on 4/30/2015)"

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