Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Assault (Misdemeanor) |
Sentence: |
6 months with 150 days suspended and 24 months probation |
Years Imprisoned: |
0.083 |
Year Crime: |
2013 |
Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Ohio |
County or Region of Crime: |
Cuyahoga |
City of Crime: |
Parma |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
Frances Mentch |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On December 24, 2014 the Ohio Court of Appeals vacated Mentch's conviction on the basis the complaint as fatally defective for failing to state all the elements of the crime." |
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Sex: |
Female |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"City of Parma v. Frances S. Mentch, No. 101222 (Eighth Appellate Dist. Ct. of Appeals, 12/24/2014) (Vacating conviction)" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/8/2014/2014-ohio-5690.pdf |
Information Source 2: |
"Assault conviction reversed for Telling Mansion library advocate accused of pulling hair, By Brandon Blackwell (Northeast Ohio Media Group), Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), December 25, 2014" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/assault_conviction_reversed_fo.html |
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"Jury finds Telling Mansion library advocate guilty of misdemeanor assault, By Evan MacDonald (Northeast Ohio Media Group), Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), March 4, 2014" |
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http://www.cleveland.com/parma/index.ssf/2014/03/jury_finds_telling_mansion_lib.html |
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