Sean Michael Wright

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Charge:	Attempting to elude police vehicle or officer
Sentence:	18 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
County or Region of Crime:	Spokane
City of Crime:	Spokane
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Sean Michael Wright was wrongly convicted in July 2014 of attempting to elude a police vehicle on March 6, 2013 in Spokane, Washington. After Wright's conviction by a jury he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Wright's appeal argued the prosecution failed to introduce any evidence the officer driving the unmarked police vehicle was in uniform at the time of the incident -- which is an essential element of the crime Wright was charged with violating. In its brief the State conceded the error that no evidence was presented the officer was in uniform, and that the evidence was insufficient to support Wright's conviction. On May 21, 2015 the Washington Court of Appeals by a majority (2-1) ruling reversed Sean M. Wright's conviction for eluding a police vehicle on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce evidence proving every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt. Wright was immediately released after 10 months of wrongful imprisonment."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On May 21, 2015 the Washington Court of Appeals by a majority (2-1) ruling reversed Sean M. Wright's conviction for eluding a police vehicle on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce evidence proving every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	31
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"State of Washington v. Sean Michael Wright, No. 32621-7 (Wash. Ct. of Appeals, May. 21, 2015) (Vacating conviction based on insuffiicent evidence and ordering dismissal)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/326217.unp.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Eluding police conviction overturned on technicality, By Nina Culver (Staff writer), The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), May 30, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/may/30/eluding-police-conviction-overturned-on/
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Sean Michael Wright

Charge:

Attempting to elude police vehicle or officer

Sentence:

18 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Spokane

City of Crime:

Spokane

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 21, 2015 the Washington Court of Appeals by a majority (2-1) ruling reversed Sean M. Wright's conviction for eluding a police vehicle on the basis the prosecution failed to introduce evidence proving every essential element beyond a reasonable doubt."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

31

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"State of Washington v. Sean Michael Wright, No. 32621-7 (Wash. Ct. of Appeals, May. 21, 2015) (Vacating conviction based on insuffiicent evidence and ordering dismissal)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/326217.unp.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Eluding police conviction overturned on technicality, By Nina Culver (Staff writer), The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), May 30, 2015"

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http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/may/30/eluding-police-conviction-overturned-on/

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