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Charge:	Vehicular Homicide (Incl. Culpable negligence)
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Year Cleared:	1946
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Walker was wrongly convicted of criminally negligent homicide. In 1946 his "conviction reversed and indictment dismissed. Death occurred in an intersection collision. Defendant was going 40 m.p.h., applied his brakes and skidded 42 feet. No direct evidence that light was red when defendant entered intersection." (People v. Menzies, 26 Misc. 2d 1040 (NY County Court 1960))"
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Innocence Proved By:	Conviction reversed on appeal and indictment dismissed.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"People v. Walker, 296 NY 740 (1946)"
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Unknown Walker

Charge:

Vehicular Homicide (Incl. Culpable negligence)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

1946

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction reversed on appeal and indictment dismissed.

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Sex:

Male

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"People v. Walker, 296 NY 740 (1946)"

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