Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Disorderly Conduct |
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Year Crime: |
1979 |
Year Convicted: |
1979 |
Year Cleared: |
1980 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Maine |
County or Region of Crime: |
York |
City of Crime: |
Saco |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"John W. was a juvenile when he was wrongly convicted of disorderly conduct related to a traffic stop on April 1, 1979 by a police officer in Saco, Maine. On August 25, 1980 Maine's Supreme Judicial Court vacated John's conviction and ordered dismissal of the charges in ruling there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On August 25, 1980 Maine's Supreme Judicial Court vacated John W.'s conviction and ordered dismissal of the disorderly conduct charge in ruling there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction." |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"State v. John W., 418 A. 2d 1097 (Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1980)" |
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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3303548827729610583&q=reverse+remand+dismissal+insufficient+evidence&hl=en&as_sdt=4,20" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org