Cornell Miller

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Charge:	Involuntary Manslaughter
Sentence:	15 years
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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:	Scott
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Cornell Miller was wrongly convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2014 for the death of a man in Scott County, Iowa on September 11, 2013. Miller sold three doses of heroin to Dan Hansen and his girlfriend Trisha Delong. Hansen died after Delong injected him with a dose of heroin. Miller was charged and convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter in Hansen's death. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. 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 involuntary manslaughter that he acted "recklessly." The appeals court ordered dismissal of his involuntary manslaughter charge."
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Innocence Proved By:	"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 involuntary manslaughter that he acted "recklessly." The appeals court ordered dismissal of his involuntary manslaughter charge."
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Information Source 1:	"State of Iowa vs. Cornell Miller, No. 14-1202 (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/20150819/14-1202.pdf
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Cornell Miller

Charge:

Involuntary Manslaughter

Sentence:

15 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Iowa

County or Region of Crime:

Scott

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"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 involuntary manslaughter that he acted "recklessly." The appeals court ordered dismissal of his involuntary manslaughter charge."

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"State of Iowa vs. Cornell Miller, No. 14-1202 (Iowa Ct. of Appeals, 8-19-2015) (Reversing conviction based on insufficient evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.)"

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http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Court_of_Appeals/Court_of_Appeals_Opinions/Recent_Opinions/20150819/14-1202.pdf

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