Convicted Man Allowed to Continue Claims of Wrongful Conviction

A man serving a life sentence for his role in a 1997 murder can continue his appeal on the basis that he was wrongly convicted, according to a State District Judge. The Times-Picayune reports that the man was convicted of being the getaway driver. The man who was convited of being his partner and the shooter was later cleared by DNA evidence. The defense argument is that because they were convicted under the theory that they worked together, evidence clearing one should clear the other.

Posted by AJH at March 1, 2005 07:48 AM