Taquala Monique Howse

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Charge:	Possessing or carrying dangerous weapon
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Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2013
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Iowa
County or Region of Crime:	Black Hawk
City of Crime:	Waterloo
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Taquala Monique Howse was wrongly convicted in Waterloo, Iowa on December 5, 2013 of carrying a dangerous weapon. Howse was arrested on June 23, 2013 as suspected of shoplifting at a WalMart store in Waterloo, and a stun gun was found in her purse. She was charged with two misdemeanors: fifth-degree theft and possessing a dangerous weapon. Howse pled guilty to the theft (shoplifting) charge and was sentenced to make restitution to WalMart. She pled not guilty to carrying a dangerous weapon. After a bench trial in Black Hawk County District Court the judge found Howse guilty of carrying a dangerous weapon -- even though one police officer testified he didn't test the device to see if it worked, and another police officer testified he tried but failed to get it to work. Howse appealed her conviction of carrying a dangerous weapon. On March 11, 2015 Taquala Howse' conviction was vacated by the Iowa Court of Appeals based on insufficient evidence the stun gun she possessed was a dangerous weapon under Iowa law."
Conviction Caused By:	Howse's stun gun was erroneously considered by the police and prosecution to be a dangerous weapon under Iowa law.
Innocence Proved By:	"On March 11, 2015 Taquala Howse' conviction was vacated by the Iowa Court of Appeals based on insufficient evidence the stun gune she possessed was a dangerous weapon under Iowa law."
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Sex:	Female
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Information Source 1:	"State of Iowa v. Taquala Monique Howse, No. 13-1997 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 3-11-2015) (Vacating conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence.)"
Information Location 1:	http://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/court-of-appeals/2015/13-1997.html
Information Source 2:	"Waterloo woman's weapons conviction for stun gun overturned, By Associated Press, WCF Courier, March 11, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.kcci.com/news/iowa-womans-weapons-conviction-for-stun-gun-overturned/31735004
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Taquala Monique Howse

Charge:

Possessing or carrying dangerous weapon

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2013

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Iowa

County or Region of Crime:

Black Hawk

City of Crime:

Waterloo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Howse's stun gun was erroneously considered by the police and prosecution to be a dangerous weapon under Iowa law.

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 11, 2015 Taquala Howse' conviction was vacated by the Iowa Court of Appeals based on insufficient evidence the stun gune she possessed was a dangerous weapon under Iowa law."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"State of Iowa v. Taquala Monique Howse, No. 13-1997 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 3-11-2015) (Vacating conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence.)"

Information Location 1:

http://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/court-of-appeals/2015/13-1997.html

Information Source 2:

"Waterloo woman's weapons conviction for stun gun overturned, By Associated Press, WCF Courier, March 11, 2015"

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http://www.kcci.com/news/iowa-womans-weapons-conviction-for-stun-gun-overturned/31735004

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