LaDondrell Montgomery, 36, had been sentenced in November in Houston to
life in prison for armed robbery despite his vigorous protestations of
innocence, and about a week later, in December, he was exonerated in
fact. Although he had testified at his trial, he had not mentioned that
he had an ironclad alibi -- that he had been in jail during the time the
robbery was committed. Once jail records were reviewed, Montgomery was
freed. The prosecutor hadn't checked the records before trial, and
neither had Montgomery's attorney, but then neither had Montgomery ever
mentioned it (because, he had told his lawyers, he had been in and out
of jail so many times in his life that he just could not remember if he
had been locked up at the time of the armed robbery). [Houston
Chronicle, 12-9-2011]
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