Ryan Francis Chase

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Charge:	Animal Cruelty
Sentence:	1 yr suspended & $500 fine
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2012
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Bell
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ryan Francis Chase was wrongly convicted in 2012 of animal cruelty in Bell County, Texas. Chase's prosecution was based on an incident on September 2, 2009 while he and his wife were walking a puppy and their grown dog Maka. Two pit bulls attacked Maka, and Chase and a neighbor were able to get one of the pit bulls, Zeus, off his dog after it had its jaws clamped on Maka's neck. Chase returned with a rope and he was able to wrap it around Zeus' neck. He draged Zeus to his house and slit its throat. Chase was prosecuted for animal cruelty, and the judge denied his motion to present the affirmative defense under Texas law that allows a person to kill a dog or coyote that is “attacking or about to attack or has recently attacked livestock, domestic animals, which includes dogs.” After his conviction forllow a bench trial, Chase was sentenced to one year in jail, suspended to one year probation conditioned on good behavior, and a find of $500. Chase appealed. On November 26, 2013 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Chase's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred by denying his affirmative defense under Texas law that he could kill a killer pit bull that was known to have attacked a domestic dog."
Conviction Caused By:	Judge erred in denying Chase from presenting an affirmative defense permissible under Texas law.
Innocence Proved By:	"On November 26, 2013 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Chase's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred by denying his affirmative defense under Texas law that he could kill a killer pit bull that was known to have attacked a domestic dog."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Appeals court overturns conviction for animal cruelty, By Alex Wukman (FME News Service), Killeen Daily Herald, November 30, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://kdhnews.com/news/crime/appeals-court-overturns-conviction-for-animal-cruelty/article_242805c6-7825-11e4-9e0f-bf21ed65bb3b.html
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Ryan Francis Chase

Charge:

Animal Cruelty

Sentence:

1 yr suspended & $500 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2012

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Bell

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Judge erred in denying Chase from presenting an affirmative defense permissible under Texas law.

Innocence Proved By:

"On November 26, 2013 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Chase's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred by denying his affirmative defense under Texas law that he could kill a killer pit bull that was known to have attacked a domestic dog."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Appeals court overturns conviction for animal cruelty, By Alex Wukman (FME News Service), Killeen Daily Herald, November 30, 2014"

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http://kdhnews.com/news/crime/appeals-court-overturns-conviction-for-animal-cruelty/article_242805c6-7825-11e4-9e0f-bf21ed65bb3b.html

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