Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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3 years |
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Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Texas |
County or Region of Crime: |
Harris |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
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"Jermey Algonon Williams was convicted of possession of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas, and he pled guilty in exchange for a supervised deferred adjudication. The State fled a motion to revoke his deferred adjudication, in part based on his plea of true to a new crime of possessing MDMA in Harris County. In exchange for his guilty plea Jermey Williams was sentenced to three years in prison. A month after his plea the substance seized from him was forensically tested and found to contain no MDMA. Williams filed a habeas corpus petition to withdraw his guilty plea and set-aside his conviction. On November 19, 2014 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted William' habeas corpus writ and set-aside his conviction based on the new evidence he didn't possess MDMA." |
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"On November 19, 2014 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted William' habeas corpus writ and set-aside his conviction based on the new evidence he didn't possess MDMA." |
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Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Ex parte Jermey Algonon Williams, WR-82,307-01 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 19, 2014) (Granting habeas corpus petition)" |
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http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/2014/wr-82-307-01.html |
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