Darrell Don Benedict

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Charge:	"Sexual Crime Online (e.g., enticing minor in chatroom for sex)"
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.75
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Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2019
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Denton
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Darrell Don Benedict was wrongly convicted in 2007 of online solicitation of a minor in Harris County, Texas. Benedict pled guilty and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. In 2013 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled in Ex parte Lo, 424 S.W.3d 10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) that the statute was unconstitutional that Dowden had been convicted of violating. Benedict filed a habeas corpus petition under Lo that requesting vacating his conviction based on the Lo decision and his actual innocence. The State did not oppose his petition. On February 27, 2019 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Benedict's petition. On March 26, 2019 the Mandate making the decision final issued."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 27, 2019 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Benedict's petition. On March 26, 2019 the Mandate making the decision final issued."
Defendant Aided By:	Attorney Mark Bennett
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Darrell Don Benedict, No. WR-89,524-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals, 2-27-2019) (Granting habeas corpus relief and ordering dismissal of indictment based on unconstitutionality of the statute he was convicted of violating.)"
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Darrell Don Benedict

Charge:

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

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2019

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Denton

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 27, 2019 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Benedict's petition. On March 26, 2019 the Mandate making the decision final issued."

Defendant Aided By:

Attorney Mark Bennett

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Ex Parte Darrell Don Benedict, No. WR-89,524-01 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals, 2-27-2019) (Granting habeas corpus relief and ordering dismissal of indictment based on unconstitutionality of the statute he was convicted of violating.)"

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