Wyatt Morse

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	5 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
Year Crime:	2006
Year Convicted:	2007
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Dakota
County or Region of Crime:	Lawrence
City of Crime:	Deadwood
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wyatt Morse was wrongly convicted in 2007 of theft by deception for failing to finish a bathroom remodeling job after he hurt his back and couldn't work. Morse was sentenced to five years in prison. Morse's conviction was reversed on July 16, 2008 by the South Dakota Supreme Court due to the state's failure to present evidence that he had any criminal intent to commit fraud by failing to finish the job after he was hurt."
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judge failed to properly instruct the jury that they had to find that Morse had the specific intent to commit fraud.
Innocence Proved By:	"Morse's conviction was reversed on July 16, 2008 by the South Dakota Supreme Court due to the state's failure to present evidence that he had any criminal intent to commit fraud by failing to finish the job after he was hurt."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"State v. Morse, 2008 SD 66 (SD Sup. Ct. 07-16-2008)"
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Information Source 2:	"Court overturns deadwood man's theft conviction for bathroom job, Rapid City Journal, July 21, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/07/22/news/local/doc48837beb619c1080701951.txt
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Wyatt Morse

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

5 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

2006

Year Convicted:

2007

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Dakota

County or Region of Crime:

Lawrence

City of Crime:

Deadwood

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judge failed to properly instruct the jury that they had to find that Morse had the specific intent to commit fraud.

Innocence Proved By:

"Morse's conviction was reversed on July 16, 2008 by the South Dakota Supreme Court due to the state's failure to present evidence that he had any criminal intent to commit fraud by failing to finish the job after he was hurt."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"State v. Morse, 2008 SD 66 (SD Sup. Ct. 07-16-2008)"

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"Court overturns deadwood man's theft conviction for bathroom job, Rapid City Journal, July 21, 2008"

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http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/07/22/news/local/doc48837beb619c1080701951.txt

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