Nathaniel Edward Ellis

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Charge:	Assault (Including Battery)
Sentence:	5 to 15 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.25
Year Crime:	1981
Year Convicted:	1982
Year Cleared:	1983
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ohio
County or Region of Crime:	Franklin
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Nathaniel Edward Ellis was wrongly convicted on March 11, 1982 of aggravated assault for his participation in a fight that occurred in June 1981 in Franklin County, Ohio. Ellis' defense was he acted in self-defense. After he was convicted by a jury he was awarded a new trial by the Ohio Court of Appeals. Ellis was acquitted by a jury after a retrial based on his claim of self-defense. Ellis' compensation claim was denied by the Ohio Court of Claims on the basis he had been found not guilty based on self-defense and he had not proven his innocence by a preponderance of the evidence as required by Ohio's wrongful imprisonment compensation statute. Ellis' appeal was joined with that of Linda Lee Walden, whose claim had been denied on the same grounds. The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed the Court of Claims' ruling. In 1989 the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that an acquittal based on self-defense qualified a person to file a claim for compensation under Ohio's compensation statute. However, the Court ruled that "in a proceeding under R.C. 2305.02, the claimant bears the burden of proving his innocence by a preponderance of the evidence." There is no record that Walden was awarded any compensation after the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling. Ellis pursued his claim after the supreme court's ruling, and on February 11, 1993 the Court of Claims denied his claim for $3,403,000."
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Innocence Proved By:	Ellis was acquitted by a jury after a retrial.
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Compensation Awarded:	Compensation denied by State of Ohio.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"State v. Ellis, 8 Ohio App. 3d 27 (Ohio Ct of Appeals, 9-7-1982) (Reversing conviction)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11378324453881702376&q=ellis+ohio+self+defense&hl=en&as_sdt=4,36,111,126,356,357"
Information Source 2:	"Walden v. State, 47 Ohio St. 3d 47 (Ohio Supreme Court, 11-29-1989) (A person acquitted based on self-defense can pursue compensation claim in Ohio, and they must prove their innocence by a preponderence of the evidence.)"
Information Location 2:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15281082579036285233&q=47+Ohio+St.3d+47+%28Ohio+1989%29&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 3:	"Nathaniel Edward Ellis v. The State of Ohio, Case No. 1987-11549 WI (Ohio Board of Claims) (Claim dismissed on Nov. 6, 1987)"
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Nathaniel Edward Ellis

Charge:

Assault (Including Battery)

Sentence:

5 to 15 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.25

Year Crime:

1981

Year Convicted:

1982

Year Cleared:

1983

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ohio

County or Region of Crime:

Franklin

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Ellis was acquitted by a jury after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Compensation denied by State of Ohio.

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"State v. Ellis, 8 Ohio App. 3d 27 (Ohio Ct of Appeals, 9-7-1982) (Reversing conviction)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11378324453881702376&q=ellis+ohio+self+defense&hl=en&as_sdt=4,36,111,126,356,357"

Information Source 2:

"Walden v. State, 47 Ohio St. 3d 47 (Ohio Supreme Court, 11-29-1989) (A person acquitted based on self-defense can pursue compensation claim in Ohio, and they must prove their innocence by a preponderence of the evidence.)"

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"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15281082579036285233&q=47+Ohio+St.3d+47+%28Ohio+1989%29&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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"Nathaniel Edward Ellis v. The State of Ohio, Case No. 1987-11549 WI (Ohio Board of Claims) (Claim dismissed on Nov. 6, 1987)"

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