Susan committed a bank robbery where she stole more than $500, and was later convicted at trial. However, the conviction was overturned by an appeals court who ruled that the judge's instructions to the jury before jury deliberation were incorrect. This case is an example of:

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Susan's conviction was overturned due to a procedural error (incorrect jury instructions), not because she was found not to have committed the crime. This makes her legally innocent, as the legal process did not uphold her conviction.

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