Summer Wright

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Charge:	Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)
Sentence:	2 years community service
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Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
City of Crime:	Houston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Summer Wright was wrongly convicted on July 13, 2013 of possession of a controlled substance, which was a substance seized by police in Houston, Texas that they believed was Ecstasy. Wright was sentenced to two years of community after she pled guilty. In April 2015 the Houston PD Crime Lab tested the substance and discoved it was not a controlled substance. Based on the new evidence no crime was committed Wright filed a motion to vacate her conviction. which was unopposed by the Harris County DA's Office. The motion was granted on May t5, 2015."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the new evidence no crime was committed Wright filed a motion to vacate her conviction, which was unopposed by the Harris County DA's Office. The motion was granted on May t5, 2015."
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Summer Wright, The National Registry of Exonerations"
Information Location 1:	https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4789
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Summer Wright

Charge:

Drug Related (Misdemeanor possession or sale)

Sentence:

2 years community service

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on the new evidence no crime was committed Wright filed a motion to vacate her conviction, which was unopposed by the Harris County DA's Office. The motion was granted on May t5, 2015."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Summer Wright, The National Registry of Exonerations"

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https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4789

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