Cameron Paul Crockett is a 28 year-old native of Virginia Beach, Virginia and has been wrongfully convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the tragic death of his late best friend, John "Jack" Korte.

On the night of December 28th, 2008, Cameron and Jack briefly attended the house party of a mutual friend. Another friend, Jacob Palmer, met them there and asked them if they wanted to smoke a blunt. Cameron and Jack agreed, but none of the three had rolling papers. Since by this time Cameron and Jack were both drunk, Cameron gave his keys to Jacob, who was not impaired, and told him he could drive the three of them to the store in his car to get the papers. About fifteen minutes later, on the way back to the party, Jacob lost control of the 1998 Honda Accord coming around a dark bend at a high rate of speed, crashing the passenger side of the vehicle into a tree on Wolfsnare Road.

Jacob, safely belted on the opposite side of the collision, panicked at the destruction and immediately fled the scene, evading the sight of witnesses who would soon after come out of their houses to help. Cameron was found in the back seat, and Jack died in the front seat.

Cameron was charged with Jack's death in the wee morning hours of December 29th, 2008. Cameron waited more than three years to go to trial and was tried the last week of February and the first week of March in 2012. Cameron was convicted on March 1st, 2012, and he had a hearing on a motion for a new trial on December 17th, 2012. The motion for a new trial was based on newly discovered evidence and the fact that the prosecution had withheld exculpatory information from the defense until over nine months after Cameron’s conviction. That motion was denied and is now the primary basis for Cameron’s appeal.

As of the Summer of 2015, Cameron has finally rid himself of his ineffective attorneys and is marching forward pro se. He has personally resuscitated his direct appeal and is ready to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the event the appeal is ultimately extinguished. The final chapters of this struggle are presently unfolding before our eyes, but Cameron has never been more confident than now.