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Chelsey Barry

 

Charge:

Evidence Tampering

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Scioto

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated (Not released due to other charges.)

Summary of Case:

"Chelsey Barry was wrongly convicted on July 18, 2013 of tampering with evidence in Scioto County, Ohio. Barry was sentenced to three years in prison. On December 30, 2015 the Ohio Supreme Court reversed Barry's evidence tampering conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because no evidence was introduced proving that she knew an investigation by authorities was ongoing or would likely be instituted. Barry was also convicted of drug trafficking, and she did not appeal that conviction for which she was sentenced to six years in prison."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 30, 2015 the Ohio Supreme Court reversed Barry's evidence tampering conviction on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because no evidence was introduced proving that she knew an investigation by authorities was ongoing or would likely be instituted."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

19

Age When Released:

21

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Barry, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-5449 (OH Sup. Ct., 12-30-2015) (Reversing conviction)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2015/2015-Ohio-5449.pdf

Information Source 2:

"Supreme Court Disavows “Unmistakable Crime” Doctrine, By Dan Trevas, Court News Ohio, December 30, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2015/SCO/1230/141984_142064.asp#.VoTReb9r0Qp

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