Guy Christopher Johns

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Charge:	Driving Related
Sentence:	2 yrs suspended for 2 yrs probation
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Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Iowa
County or Region of Crime:	Buena Vista
City of Crime:	Storm Lake
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Guy Christopher Johns was wrongly convicted on August 5, 2014 of driving while barred as a habitual offender on August 23, 2013 in Storm Lake, Iowa. Johns was sentenced to two years in prison, which was suspended and he was ordered to serve two years on probation. Johns appealed. On August 19, 2015 the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed by a 2-1 vote, ruling that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the essential element of Johns' convicted crime that the Iowa Department of Transportation mailed the notice of barred status to Johns."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 19, 2015 the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed, ruling that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the essential element of Johns' convicted crime that the Iowa Department of Transportation mailed the notice of barred status to Johns."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"State of Iowa vs. Guy Christopher Johns, No. 14-1435 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 8-19-2015) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Court_of_Appeals/Court_of_Appeals_Opinions/Recent_Opinions/20150819/14-1435.pdf
Information Source 2:	"Conviction overturned for local man, By Staff writer, Pilot Tribune, August 20, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.stormlakepilottribune.com/story/2223571.html
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Guy Christopher Johns

Charge:

Driving Related

Sentence:

2 yrs suspended for 2 yrs probation

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Iowa

County or Region of Crime:

Buena Vista

City of Crime:

Storm Lake

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 19, 2015 the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed, ruling that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the essential element of Johns' convicted crime that the Iowa Department of Transportation mailed the notice of barred status to Johns."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"State of Iowa vs. Guy Christopher Johns, No. 14-1435 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 8-19-2015) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Court_of_Appeals/Court_of_Appeals_Opinions/Recent_Opinions/20150819/14-1435.pdf

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"Conviction overturned for local man, By Staff writer, Pilot Tribune, August 20, 2015"

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http://www.stormlakepilottribune.com/story/2223571.html

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