Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Offering or selling counterfeit goods |
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Year Convicted: |
2009 |
Year Cleared: |
2011 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Queens |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Hong Wu was wrongly convicted of offering counterfeit goods for sale in Queens County, New York. On February 15, 2011 the New York Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. reversed Wu's conviction and ordered dismissal of his indictment that "omitted the statutory theory of offering counterfeit goods for sale "with the intent to evade a lawful restriction on the sale, resale, offering for sale, or distribution of goods." (People v. Hong Wu, 81 AD3d 849 (NY Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2011)" |
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"On February 15, 2011 the New York Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2011) (Reversing conviction and ordering dismissal of indictment that "omitted the statutory theory of offering counterfeit goods for sale "with the intent to evade a lawful restriction on the sale, resale, offering for sale, or distribution of goods." (People v. Hong Wu, 81 AD3d 849, 849 (NY Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2011)" |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Asian |
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"People v. Hong Wu, 81 AD3d 849 (NY Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2011) (Reversing conviction and ordering dismissal of indictment that "omitted the statutory theory of offering counterfeit goods for sale "with the intent to evade a lawful restriction on the sale, resale, offering for sale, or distribution of goods" at 849)" |
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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=360304780128645384&q=People+v+Duell+,+124+AD3d+1225&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48" |
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