Charles McCray

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:New Jersey
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Biography

Charles McCray was one of two co-defendants tried with the poet LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) for unlawful possession of weapons following their arrest during the July 1967 Newark rebellion. All three were convicted in the Essex County Court on November 6, 1967; the convictions were reversed on appeal by the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court in 1969 (State v. Jones), which ordered a new trial.

Case

Essex County Jail
Charges: Unlawful possession of weapons (N.J.S. 2A:151-41) — arrested in the July 1967 Newark rebellion and tried with LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)
Arrested: Jul 14, 1967
Sentenced: Jan 4, 1968
Incarcerated: Jul 14, 1967
Sentence: Sentenced January 4, 1968 to an eighteen-month term: twelve months in custody and six months on probation, plus a $500 fine. The weapons conviction was reversed December 23, 1968 and a new trial ordered. Contemporary reporting confirms initial jail admission July 14, 1967. The actual bail-release date and any later custody intervals remain unverified; the sentence is not recorded as time served.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New Jersey

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