Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Customs Violation |
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1974 |
Year Cleared: |
1980 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Florida - Federal Case |
County or Region of Crime: |
Miami-Dade |
City of Crime: |
Miami |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"John L. Warren Jr., Thomas A. Warren and David DeFina were codefendants. The men were wrongly convicted of failing to file out a Customs reporting form. The men had no knowledge of a legal requirement to file the report and hence could have had no intent to violate the law." |
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Male |
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White |
Information Source 1: |
"U.S. v. Warren, 612 F.2d 887 (5th Cir. 2/11/1980)" |
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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4204159331167444902&q=U.S.+v.+Warren,+612+F.2d+887&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org