Matthew Hammonds

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Charge:	Abuse of Corpse
Sentence:	6 years
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Arkansas
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Matthew Hammonds was wrongly convicted of abusing his wife's corpse after she died in May 2008, based on the fact that he waited eight hours to call the police. Hammonds was sentenced to six years in prison. On June 2, 2010 the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that delaying to notify the police of his wife's death wasn't corpose abuse, and there was insufficient evidence that Hammonds abused his wife's corpse, so it ordered the indictment dismissed."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge misinterpreted what constitutes corpse abuse under Arkansas law.
Innocence Proved By:	"On June 2, 2010 the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that delaying to notify the police of his wife's death wasn't corpose abuse, and there was insufficient evidence that Hammonds abused his wife's corpse, so it ordered the indictment dismissed."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Hammonds v. State, 2010 Ark.App. 465 (06-02-2010).pdf"
Information Location 1:	http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=inarco20100602016
Information Source 2:	"Court reverses abuse of corpse conviction, By Rob Moritz (staff), Arkansas News Bureau, June 2, 2010"
Information Location 2:	http://arkansasnews.com/2010/06/02/court-reverses-abuse-of-corpse-conviction/
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Matthew Hammonds

Charge:

Abuse of Corpse

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Arkansas

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge misinterpreted what constitutes corpse abuse under Arkansas law.

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 2, 2010 the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that delaying to notify the police of his wife's death wasn't corpose abuse, and there was insufficient evidence that Hammonds abused his wife's corpse, so it ordered the indictment dismissed."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Hammonds v. State, 2010 Ark.App. 465 (06-02-2010).pdf"

Information Location 1:

http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=inarco20100602016

Information Source 2:

"Court reverses abuse of corpse conviction, By Rob Moritz (staff), Arkansas News Bureau, June 2, 2010"

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http://arkansasnews.com/2010/06/02/court-reverses-abuse-of-corpse-conviction/

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