Larry Pohlschneider

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Charge:	Child Molestation
Sentence:	24 years
Years Imprisoned:	15
Year Crime:	2000
Year Convicted:	2000
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Tehama
City of Crime:	Red Bluff
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Larry Pohlschneider was wrongly convicted in 2000 of child molestation in Red Bluff, California. Pohlschneider was sentenced to 24 years in prison. His lawyer didn't challenge the expert evidence that linked him to the crimes. At the time of Pohlschneider's conviction Albert Harris, had been charged, confessed to committing, and ultimately pled guilty to the crime. A post-conviction investigation of Pohlschneider's case found evidence that the expert evidence relied on to convict him was unreliable, and supported that Harris was the sole perpetrator. On October 7, 2015 the charge was dismissed and Pohlschneider ordered released when the Tehama County Superior Court granted a motion to vacate his conviction that was unopposed by the Tehama County District Attorney's Office. The motion was based on Pohlschneider receiving ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial. Pohlschneider's trial lawyer, California State Bar records show that Thomas James Hilligan was 72 when he resigned his license to practice law on June 29, 2008 while professional misconduct charges were pending against him in an unrelated case. On April 25, 2016 the State of California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board awarded Larry Pohlschneider compensation of $762,440: $140 for each of his 5,446 days in custody from his arrest on November 16, 2000 to his release from prison on October 14, 2015."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On October 7, 2015 the charge was dismissed and Pohlschneider ordered released when the Tehama County Superior Court granted a motion to vacate his conviction that was unopposed by the Tehama County District Attorney's Office. The motion was based on Pohlschneider receiving ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial."
Defendant Aided By:	Santa Clara University School of Law’s Northern California Innocence Project
Compensation Awarded:	"$762,440 (State of California, April 25, 2016)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	33
Age When Released:	48
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Court overturns child molestation conviction after 15 years, By Staff writer, Daily News (Red Bluff, CA), October 9, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/general-news/20151009/court-overturns-child-molestation-conviction-after-15-years
Information Source 2:	"Man exonerated from child molestation conviction after serving 15 years, By Denny Walsh (Staff writer), The Sacramento Bee, October 14, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article39245175.html
Information Source 3:	"NCIP Client Larry Pohlschneider Exonerated!, Santa Clara Law, October 8, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://law.scu.edu/northern-california-innocence-project/ncip-client-larry-pohlschneider-exonerated/
Information Source 4:	"Thomas James Hilligan - #35453, Attorney Information, The State Bar of California (last view 10-7-2015)"
Information Location 4:	http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/35453
Information Source 5:	"In the Matter of the Claim of Larry Pohlschneider, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, April 25, 2016 (Notice of Decision)"
Information Location 5:	http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Polhschneider.pdf
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Larry Pohlschneider

Charge:

Child Molestation

Sentence:

24 years

Years Imprisoned:

15

Year Crime:

2000

Year Convicted:

2000

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Tehama

City of Crime:

Red Bluff

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Santa Clara University School of Law’s Northern California Innocence Project

Compensation Awarded:

"$762,440 (State of California, April 25, 2016)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

33

Age When Released:

48

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Court overturns child molestation conviction after 15 years, By Staff writer, Daily News (Red Bluff, CA), October 9, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/general-news/20151009/court-overturns-child-molestation-conviction-after-15-years

Information Source 2:

"Man exonerated from child molestation conviction after serving 15 years, By Denny Walsh (Staff writer), The Sacramento Bee, October 14, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article39245175.html

Information Source 3:

"NCIP Client Larry Pohlschneider Exonerated!, Santa Clara Law, October 8, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://law.scu.edu/northern-california-innocence-project/ncip-client-larry-pohlschneider-exonerated/

Information Source 4:

"Thomas James Hilligan - #35453, Attorney Information, The State Bar of California (last view 10-7-2015)"

Information Location 4:

http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/35453

Information Source 5:

"In the Matter of the Claim of Larry Pohlschneider, Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of the State of California, April 25, 2016 (Notice of Decision)"

Information Location 5:

http://www.vcgcb.ca.gov/docs/pc4900/PC-4900-Approved-Polhschneider.pdf

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