Tyler Sherwood King

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Charge:	Driving Recklessly or Dangerously
Sentence:	"2 days community service, 2 years probation, $446 fines, & defensive driving course"
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Washington
County or Region of Crime:	Clark
City of Crime:	Vancouver
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Tyler Sherwood King was wrongly convicted on November 21, 2006 of reckless driving on Interstate 5 near Vancouver, Washington. The trial judge denied King's pretrial motion to dismiss his charge based on the police officer's lack of jurisdiction to stop and cite him. After his conviction by a jury in the municipal court, Tyler King was sentenced to serve two days of community service, two years of probation, pay a $446 fine, and take a defensive driving course. King appealed. King appealed and the Clark County Superior Court affirmed his conviction. The Washington Court of Appeales denied review of the Superior Court's order. The Washington State Supreme Court granted King's petition for review. On October 15, 2009 the Washington Supreme Court reversed King's conviction on the basis the trial judge erred denying King's motion to dismiss, because the City of Vancouver police officer lacked jurisdiction to arrest King for reckless driving on the freeway outside the Vancouver city limits, because the officer was outside his jurisdiction and there was no emergency to stop and arrest him."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 15, 2009 the Washington Supreme Court reversed King's conviction because the City of Vancouver police officer lacked jurisdiction to arrest King for reckless driving on the freeway outside the Vancouver city limits, because the officer was outside his jurisdiction and there was no emergency to stop and arrest him."
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Information Source 1:	"State of Washington v Tyler S King, 167 Wn.2d 324 (WA Supreme Ct., 10-15-2009)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/809488.opn.pdf
Information Source 2:	"State of WA v Tyler S King, No. 809488 (WA Supreme Ct., 10-15-2009) - concurrence by Justice Tom Chambers"
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Information Source 3:	"Conviction overturned over jurisdiction issue, The Seattle Times, October 16, 2009, p. B9"
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Tyler Sherwood King

Charge:

Driving Recklessly or Dangerously

Sentence:

"2 days community service, 2 years probation, $446 fines, & defensive driving course"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Washington

County or Region of Crime:

Clark

City of Crime:

Vancouver

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"State of Washington v Tyler S King, 167 Wn.2d 324 (WA Supreme Ct., 10-15-2009)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/809488.opn.pdf

Information Source 2:

"State of WA v Tyler S King, No. 809488 (WA Supreme Ct., 10-15-2009) - concurrence by Justice Tom Chambers"

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"Conviction overturned over jurisdiction issue, The Seattle Times, October 16, 2009, p. B9"

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