Cory J. Beck

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Charge:	"Sexual Crime Online (e.g., enticing minor in chatroom for sex)"
Sentence:	6 yrs
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Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Cory J. Beck was wrongly convicted of two separate indictments of soliciting a minor online in Harris County, Texas. Cory Beck was sentenced to 3 years in prison for each indictment. He did not appeal his convictions. In 2013 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that § 33.021(b) unconstitutional in Ex parte Lo, 424 S.W.3d 10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Beck filed a writ of habeas corpus that his convictions were no longer valid in light of Lo. On February 10, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Beck's writ of habeas corpus and ordered dismissal of his indictments."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 3, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Cory J. Beck's habeas corpus petition by a majority of 2 to 1, on the basis the statute he had been convicted of was unconstitutional. The Court ordered that Beck's conviction be set-aside and ordered dismissal of charges."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Cory J. Beck, No. WR-82,280-01 & WR-82,280-02 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 2-3-2016)"
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Cory J. Beck

Charge:

"Sexual Crime Online (e.g., enticing minor in chatroom for sex)"

Sentence:

6 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

"On February 3, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Cory J. Beck's habeas corpus petition by a majority of 2 to 1, on the basis the statute he had been convicted of was unconstitutional. The Court ordered that Beck's conviction be set-aside and ordered dismissal of charges."

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Cory J. Beck, No. WR-82,280-01 & WR-82,280-02 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 2-3-2016)"

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