74-year-old man required to register as a sex offender was wrongly convicted in 1982, Dallas judge finds
Prosecutors withheld evidence that pointed to another suspect in the sexual assaults of two children, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
Mallory Vernon Nicholson, 74, has maintained he was wrongfully convicted of burglary and aggravated sexual abuse of a child in 1982. A Dallas judge agreed in May 2021 that his conviction should be overturned.(Courtesy: The Innocence Project)
12:07 PM on May 27, 2021 CDT
Nearly 40 years after Mallory Vernon Nicholson’s trial, a Dallas County district court judge has agreed with prosecutors and defense lawyers that his convictions for burglary and aggravated sexual abuse of a child should be overturned.
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There was no physical evidence linking him to the crimes.
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DALLAS
A man who served 21 years in prison could see his conviction overturned following support from the Innocence Project and the Dallas County District Attorney s Office.
The DA s office shared the recommendation to overturn his conviction Tuesday in a news release. Court documents say that evidence of another suspect was suppressed by the state and not shared with defense attorneys during the 1982 trial for Mallory Vernon Nicholson.
Nicholson, 74, was convicted in September 1982 of burglary of a habitation and two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.