Richard Dustin Scott Blanchard

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Charge:	Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)
Sentence:
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	2012
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Iowa
County or Region of Crime:	Delaware
City of Crime:
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Richard Dustin Scott Blanchard was wrongly convicted in Delaware County, Iowa based on his guilty plea to having committed lascivious acts with a child. He admitted engaging in sex related acts with a 14-year-old girl. Blanchard discovered after he pled guilty that under Iowa law a child is under 14-years of age and therefore he didn't commit his convicted crimes. He appealed to the Iowa Court of Appeal to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis the facts didn't support his guilty plea and conviction. On December 5, 2013 the appeals court ruled, "As a matter of law, there is no factual basis for Blanchard’s plea of guilty to two counts of lascivious acts with a child." The Court vacated the trial court's judgment and sentence and remanded back to the trial court. In March 2014 the Iowa Supreme Court denied the State's petition to review the appeals court's ruling."
Conviction Caused By:	Blanchard pled guilty to crimes it was factually impossible for him to commit.
Innocence Proved By:	"On December 5, 2013 the appeals court ruled, "As a matter of law, there is no factual basis for Blanchard’s plea of guilty to two counts of lascivious acts with a child." The Court vacated the trial court's judgment and sentence and remanded back to the trial court."
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Age When Imprisoned:	24
Age When Released:	26
Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"State of Iowa vs.Richard Dustin Scott Blanchard, No. 3-1059/13-0342 (IA Sup. Ct., 12-5-13)"
Information Location 1:	http://statecasefiles.justia.com/documents/iowa/court-of-appeals/3-1059-13-0342.pdf?ts=1386259916
Information Source 2:	"Appeals court overturns sex abuse convictions of man in Delaware County case, By Associated Press, Daily Journal (Franklin, IN), December 05, 2013"
Information Location 2:	http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/49b7813a05a9409d8b074bfc8b9a6bd5/IA--Sex-Abuse-Conviction-Overturned/#.Uqpbp3_S0rQ
Information Source 3:	"Iowa Supreme Court won't take up Delaware County sex abuse case, By Staff writer, Telegraph Herald (Dubuque Iowa), March 11, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://m.thonline.com/mobile_new/news/article_ba309026-a948-11e3-8ba0-001a4bcf6878.html
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Richard Dustin Scott Blanchard

Charge:

Child/Minor Sex Abuse (incl. molestation)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

2012

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Iowa

County or Region of Crime:

Delaware

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Blanchard pled guilty to crimes it was factually impossible for him to commit.

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 5, 2013 the appeals court ruled, "As a matter of law, there is no factual basis for Blanchard’s plea of guilty to two counts of lascivious acts with a child." The Court vacated the trial court's judgment and sentence and remanded back to the trial court."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

24

Age When Released:

26

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"State of Iowa vs.Richard Dustin Scott Blanchard, No. 3-1059/13-0342 (IA Sup. Ct., 12-5-13)"

Information Location 1:

http://statecasefiles.justia.com/documents/iowa/court-of-appeals/3-1059-13-0342.pdf?ts=1386259916

Information Source 2:

"Appeals court overturns sex abuse convictions of man in Delaware County case, By Associated Press, Daily Journal (Franklin, IN), December 05, 2013"

Information Location 2:

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/49b7813a05a9409d8b074bfc8b9a6bd5/IA--Sex-Abuse-Conviction-Overturned/#.Uqpbp3_S0rQ

Information Source 3:

"Iowa Supreme Court won't take up Delaware County sex abuse case, By Staff writer, Telegraph Herald (Dubuque Iowa), March 11, 2014"

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http://m.thonline.com/mobile_new/news/article_ba309026-a948-11e3-8ba0-001a4bcf6878.html

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