Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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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? |
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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 mans 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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