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Heath T. Wisdom

 

Charge:

Drug Related (Possession or sale)

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2010

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Yakima

City of Crime:

Moxee

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Heath T. Wisdom was wrongly convicted in 2013 of one count each of possession of cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin, and one count of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine in Yakima County, Washington. On May 19, 2015 the Washington Court of Appeals Division 3 reversed Heath Wisdom's conviction on the basis the evidence relied on to convict him was obtained illegally without a warrant, and ordered dismissal of all charges against him."

Conviction Caused By:

Illegal police search.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 19, 2015 the Washington Court of Appeals Division 3 reversed Heath Wisdom's conviction on the basis the evidence relied on to convict him was obtained illegally without a warrant, and ordered dismissal of all charges against him."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

"State of Washington v. Heath T. Wisdom, No. 31832-0-III (Wash. Ct. of Appeals Div. III, 5-19-2015) (Reversing conviction and ordering dismissal)"

Information Location 1:

https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/318320.pub.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Mattawa man’s drug conviction tossed on appeal, By Donald W. Meyers (Staff writer), The Yakima Herald, May 20, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/mattawa-man-s-drug-conviction-tossed-on-appeal/article_421e56b8-feba-11e4-bdfc-cf86563c74e7.html

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