Kenneth Wayne Guinn

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Charge:	"Sexual Crime Online (e.g., enticing minor in chatroom for sex)"
Sentence:	20 yrs
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Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas
County or Region of Crime:	Bosque
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kenneth Wayne Guinn was wrongly convicted of two separate indictments of soliciting a minor online in Bosque County, Texas. Kenneth Guinn was sentenced to 10 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). Guinn filed a writ of habeas corpus that his convictions were no longer valid in light of Lo.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 Guinn's writ of habeas corpus and ordered dismissal of his indictments."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 10, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Kenneth Wayne Guinn'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 Guinn's conviction be set-aside and ordered dismissal of charges."
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Information Source 1:	"Ex Parte Kenneth Wayne Guinn, No. WR-84,351-01 & WR-84,351-02 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 2-10-2016)"
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Kenneth Wayne Guinn

Charge:

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

Sentence:

20 yrs

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas

County or Region of Crime:

Bosque

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Innocence Proved By:

"On February 10, 2016 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Kenneth Wayne Guinn'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 Guinn's conviction be set-aside and ordered dismissal of charges."

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Male

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"Ex Parte Kenneth Wayne Guinn, No. WR-84,351-01 & WR-84,351-02 (Tex. Court of Criminal Appeals 2-10-2016)"

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